1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker carved mechanical toy with minor paint loss here

with minor paint loss here and there

but it does fully open with just a little force

written in pencil: "please mind your own business"

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

based on stylistic similarities to other pieces I've seen

1914 WW1 Folk Art House Shaped Match Dispenser + Striker carved mechanical toy with minor paint loss hereA 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