ITEM DESCRIPTION:

This unusual free premium dates from the 1890s and was given to customers of the Frank Fehr Brewery in Louisville, KY. It is a small decorated metal tube, inscribed Pat'd August 5, 1890 on the side, with a spring loaded mechanism that holds a fragile rolled up paper listing all of the major battles of the Civil War as well as images of the managing officers of the Frank Fehr Brewery. The tube measures 3 3/8 inches long by 5/8 of an inch in diameter and is in excellent working condition with wear and discoloration on the end of the rolled up paper and minor nicks and scratches on the metal tube. 3688-71YT