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* Box details: Cardboard packaging is labeled: "The American Green Cross Cigarette Extinguisher" with instructions to "Use a Green Cross Cigarette Extinguisher and Help Stop Our Timber and Help Save Our Forests."
* Case details: A dark-finished metal pocket container featuring a green cross emblem, Miss American Green Cross and the text "Prevent Forest Fires" and "Trade Mark Registered."
* Accessory: A separate curved metal clip.
* The extinguisher measures 3” by 2.5” and weighs about 2.5 oz. The American Green Cross was created Dec. 3, 1926, as a successor to the American Reforestation Association. Its mission was to promote the conservation of trees, timber and natural resources. The movement largely faded away during the 1930s.
This antique is in good used condition with nice patina and has a few marks from age. See photos.
This is a nice piece of US conservation/fire service history for any collector.
