4x2 inch matchbox, possibly handmade.
The photo on the lid is of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prinz von Preussen, taken around 1869/70. The grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm I., and son of Kronprinz Friedrich, and is the later Kaiser Wilhelm II. In this photo he is aged around 10/11 years old. Prinz Wilhelm (or Friedrich Wilhelm) was born on 27.I.1859 in Potsdam, Neues Palais. At the age of 10
by DAVID LITTLEJOHN, features the countries of NORWAY, DENMARK and FRANCE. Excellent resource guide to the foreign volunteers who entered service in the German Military and Para-military organisations. Published by Bender Publishing, a 1st edition book published in 1979