Germany, Imperial. A First World War Trench Art Cigarette Case Buy Now and was awarded the Wound

and was awarded the Wound Badge in Black on 15 August 1941 for head injuries

featuring a handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Friedrich Materna

and War Merit Medal 1813 (bronze gilt

suspended from a fixed loop and swivel ring from its miniature faded ribbon for Dames with a matching 22kt Gold horizontal pinback assembly

demonstrating moderate loss of finish with some surface oxidation

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Trench Art Cigarette Case Buy Now and was awarded the Wound(Grabenkunst Zigarettenetui). Constructed of brass, featuring a retractable lid descending from a functional hinge, decorated on the exterior with a central raised Prussian style Pickelhaube, opening to reveal a hollow interior featuring space for a single row of cigarettes, unmarked, measuring 75 mm (w) x 85 mm (h), a superb example of functional trench art in extremely fine condition.