Hitler Novelty Matches
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Rarity |
9% |
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Value | |
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Prestige | |
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Placed on |
Shelf, |
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Introduced in | |
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Involved in tasks |
No |
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Part of a collection? |
No |
During WWII, Hitler was used in a lot of goofy products. Superman punched him out, Bugs Bunny pulled his pants down, and this matchbook let you strike a match on his butt.
-Expert
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- Fact 1: The hobby of collecting matches, matchbooks and boxes is known as phillumeny.
- Fact 2: The earliest matches were pine sticks impregnated with sulfur, and were used to light oil lamps in 6th-century China.
- Fact 3: Modern friction matches use phosphorus sesquisulfide heads, which ignite when dragged across a suitably rough surface.
- Fact 4: The first matchbook was patented in 1892, and quickly became the standard for packaging matches for sale.
- Fact 5: The first novelty matchbook appeared in 1895, with pasted photos and a hand-written advertisement for the Mendelson Opera Company.

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