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Description: | First World War period British matchbox holder commemorating the life, achievements and death of Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Herbert Horatio Kitchener, who was drowned when HMS Hampshire was lost off the Orkneys (en route to Russia) on 4/5 June 1916.
Commemorates career and death of Kitchener.
Matchbox cover which bears a photgraphic portrait of Lord Kitchener.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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