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The image shows an antique Diebold Safe & Lock Co. brass anti-dynamite lock/mechanism with an 1885 patent date (Pat'd July 28, 1885).
Key Features Observed:
• Material & Design: Ornate, hand-engraved or stamped brass plate with corner mounting screws and a central warning disc.
• Warning Inscription: The circular plate reads "ANTI-DYNAMITE – CAUTION – NEVER CLOSE THE DOOR WHEN ANY PART OF THE LOCK IS REMOVED".
• Patent Date: Patented July 28, 1885.
• Function: Designed for late-19th-century bank and vault doors by the Diebold Safe & Lock Company of Canton, Ohio, featuring safety mechanisms intended to protect or disable vault locking assemblies if tampered with or exposed to explosives like dynamite
UNTESTED.
Being sold as is, with no return possible.
