WWI Imperial German 171st Artillery Regiment Soldier's Match Safe
Processing...

WWI Imperial German 171st Artillery Regiment Soldier's Match Safe

Code: gmimpg00080gms


SOLD!!! No Longer Available!

Product Description

•••••

Update 08/05/25: Welcome to FLYING TIGER ANTIQUES!!

WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!! Using your PAYPAL account solves this issue fastest!

If you would like to PAY for a $100.00 or MORE Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you as Soon as Possible!

We will be OUT OF THE OFFICE from TUESDAY 08/05 until MONDAY 08/18/25, Returning to the Office on TUESDAY 08/19/25!!

And, as always, we are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during our time AWAY, and we will promptly mark any ordered Artifacts as SOLD.

We will be UNABLE TO SHIP as of 08/05, and REGULAR SHIPPING will resume on TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2025!

As always, if funding your order of $100.00 or more from a Bank that offers ZELLE, ASK ABOUT our ZELLE DISCOUNT!!
That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!

Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs! Happy Summer, Ron & Kanae.

ARTIFACT: WWI Imperial German 171st Artillery Regiment soldier's match safe. The front features a framed, decorated celluloid embellishment that depicts a wreath of laurel and oak leaves joined by a yellow ribbon and the center of the wreath shows the regiment number "171". There are gold stars at the top left and right and below the wreath it reads: "Mein Regiment, Mein Vaterland, Fur dick steh..lch Mit Herz und Hand". The match safe looks like it spent some time in the trenches and the safe still has the string the US Doughboy used to hang his souvenir of the Great War on the wall of his work room.

VINTAGE: Circa WWI

SIZE: Approximately: 2-1/2" x 1-3/4"

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Steel, celluloid

ATTACHMENT: String.

MARKINGS: None.

ITEM NOTES: This is from an Imperial German collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months.  VABX15 LAAEX6/15 SeVAEJX01/19

CONDITION: 6- (Fine): Match safe shows heavy wear and oxidation, celluloid shows cracks in the surface and a section of letters has rubbed away.

GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.