Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! pale watercolor with exposed red heart and

with exposed red heart and that gorgeous black and white patterned skirt

and a "disc number" 1G91-2 carved into the base--which would date him between approximately 1940-1970

every time I see a few of them together

I know that Keith Haring (1958 – 1990) produced versions of this button early on at his Pop Shop in Soho (opened 1986 at 292 Lafayette Street)

with its red tongue confronting you at eye level

Trench Art Matchbox Cover with Heart-Shaped Lock, Corn, Wheat, Sun, Moon, etc! pale watercolor with exposed red heart andI love this trench art matchbox cover as a study in mark making, in addition to the images these varied marks forms; what a lot of love and labor! WWII I am guessing and made of heavy tin, with great image of a heart shaped lock on one side, what I believe are a tree, stalk of corn and shaft of wheat on the other with sun, moon and star overhead, and then initials planted by artillery shells or perhaps bombs on the side. 2 1 4" l x 1 9 16" w x 13 16"