"BULLETS FOR BERLIN" RARE "SAMPLE NO. 458" BULLET PENCIL FROM ADVT. SPECIALTY FIRM "KEMPER-THOMAS CO. CINCINNATI" C. 1918
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Winning Bid:
$25.96 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
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Session I January 2023 Political
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Item Description
3.25" rifle bullet shaped tube wrapped in celluloid and with a "bullet" end that pulls out holding a 2" long wooden pencil. The slogan on this was also the title of a 1918 movie in which movie star William S. Hart dreams he is called before the War Council who calls on his expertise with guns to "remove" the Kaiser. Reaching Berlin, Hart sees the Kaiser on a rocking horse in a rage over the 4th Liberty Loan. Hart fires and the Kaiser falls. About to be captured and bayoneted, Hart wakes from his dream. A rare company sample and VF.
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