A First War "Fleissige Berta" (Little Bertha) Artillery Shell Matchbox Cover GTRexclude Knights cross Fourth Class

Knights cross Fourth Class

Pembroke again (1906

on long original neck ribbon as worn

rectangular ribbon hanger

on a period Austrian original ribbon with hook and eye

A First War "Fleissige Berta" (Little Bertha) Artillery Shell Matchbox Cover GTRexclude Knights cross Fourth ClassDie stamped insignia on the front panel of the magnetic silvered metal base, the insignia illustrating an artillery shell with a black enamelled Iron Cross 1914, with a stripe above the cross inscribed "FLEISSIGE BERTA" (Little Bertha) and two blank stripes below, voided capsule shaped openings on the side panels, 41 mm x 61 mm x 19. 5 mm, surface rust evident on the front panel, contact marks from active use throughout, better than very fine.