1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker carved mechanical toy written in pencil: "please mind

written in pencil: "please mind your own business"

only pulling the trigger when I find an especially good and singular specimen

Quite a cast of characters (caricatures) and situations represented --my favorite being a man with pointy beard holding "bettrave triumphant" (triumphant beet

post office measures 9 1/4" x 7 1/6" t x 3 1/4" d

and making use of three color plates plus a black key plate

1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker carved mechanical toy written in pencil: "please mindA lot of history housed in this great little match dispenser striker house, with the August 1914 painted across both long sides marking the month that World War I began. (On August 1, Germany declared war on Russia; three days later they invaded Belgium in order to attack France, which led to a British declaration of war on Germany on August 4.) The painted roof of the house I presume represent the colors of Germany and France on one side, and England