Done with Day 3

[mlayers]

Day 3 of vacation I $2.16 in change and 2 more junk rings. sinker, earring, a flatten coin at least that what I think it is and something that has 1918 BOUOC NE engrave on one side then on the other side it has A cross and a plant then on the bottom it says OCT HORNTON I took pics of the 3 sides can anyone help me to ID this. Thank for looking and thanks for any help that I get. I hope the pics turns out good enough for you guys/gals to see......Matt

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Your engraved piece with 1918, is a match case, The iron cross seems to indicate it may be German, and probably from WW1. That would be a good item to do a bit of research on, and see if you can make sense of the engraving.

 

[crankyolman22]

Nice finds.
Looks to me like you found a piece of WW I trench art.

 

[Chocadog]

Just a guess but, could you item be a match box holder? I remember items like this back in the UK when I was a boy, long before book matches were made. Matches came in a box with a push out drawer with a strip of sand paper on one side of the box (sometimes on both sides) used to strike the matches. The box would be inserted into a holder to make it more decorative, just about everyone smoked back then. In addition many houses relied on candles for their source of light and I am assuming that matches were necessary to light oil lamps here in the USA.

 

[ModernMiner]

Cool find Matt.
Way to go,
Doug

 

[cntrydncr1]

cool looking engraved piece

 

[wwwtimmcp]

I think it is bologne and oic thornton oic = officer in charge . it was probably a battlefield find that was made a present to an officer.