Promotional Matchboxes - Propaganda & Public Service Announcements

An Antique East German Matchbox Warning Against Tainted Medication

An East German Matchbox From the 1950s Advising to Lock Up Bicycles to Prevent Theft

A Vintage West German Box of Safety Matches Manufactured by Welt-Hölzer Promoting Forest Fire Prevention

An Antique Matchbox Produced in East Germany Promoting Fire Safety

Back (Top) and Front (Bottom) Of a Vintage Matchbox From World War II Manufactured by Universal Match Corp. of St. Louis Urging Americans to Buy U.S. War Bonds and Stamps

Ethiopian Matches

An Antique Box of 'Régie du Monopole des Allumettes en Ethiopie' Safety Matches Manufactured in Sweden But Sold in Ethiopia by the Government-Controlled Match Monopoly

Saarlandian Matches

An Antique Box of Archer Brand Safety Matches Manufactured Sometime Between 1947 and 1956 in Saar, a Protectorate Partitioned from Germany After World War Two Which Later Rejoined West Germany as the State of Saarland in 1957