Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Sailor’s Silvered Tinder or Snuff Box Carried Aboard H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar in 1805 Multi Nation Flags Purchased directly from the family

Purchased directly from the family of a WWII Veteran of the Pacific Theater

The squadron deployed by ship to Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean Theater of Operations where it became part of Twentieth Air Force as a long-range escort squadron for Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers engaged in the strategic bombardment of Japan

The 319th along with other units of the 82nd Airborne served as the U

It is marked Ln 26617

and requires a lot of effort to move it

Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Sailor’s Silvered Tinder or Snuff Box Carried Aboard H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar in 1805 Multi Nation Flags Purchased directly from the familyOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is fascinating! This is a very interesting silver plated steel tinder or snuff box, measuring 2 3 4" x 1 3 4" with a hinged lid. The top bears a fouled anchor amid foliage, engraved or etched, but now quite faint. It still locks closed correctly, though the button must be pressed quite hard to open it. The interior of the lid a very old label has been pasted in stating Granduncle Mother'sJohn Tarts'Tinder Box