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United States of America
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Flight Clothing
Albert Turner & Co., Inc.
One white-colored used matchbook with green text reading "Officers Open Mess: Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri" and with United States Army emblem.
3-D: 5.1 x 3.8 x 0.6cm (2 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Cardboard, Steel, Potassium Chlorate, Sulfur, Silicone Dioxide, Glass, Red Phosphorus
A19750465003
Donated by Col. James H. Burress
National Air and Space Museum
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