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    Posted 7 years ago

    Taurimi
    (6 items)

    Worn surface, hard metal material. Found in krakow, Poland. Approx 2.5” tall. Really neat looking, like a little man. I figure it may be a key to a primitive style trunk or clock case perhaps.

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    1. Katsuripottery, 7 years ago
      From a technical point of view this is a form of a "split screwdriver" used for unscrewing caps/lids to service some form of equipment. It just made it more difficult for the average person to interfere with equipment that had a standard screwdriver slot. regards katsuri pottery
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 7 years ago
      Could be the barrel wrench for the early Bergmann or MP 28-II submachine guns.
    3. remrogers, 7 years ago
      This was a "fuse" setter for explosive artillery shells in the mid 1800's. Used on both round projectiles and those that were elongated.
    4. TallCakes TallCakes, 7 years ago
      interesting item... here's similar from US Civil War:
      https://civilwartalk.com/threads/artillery-fuze-wrenches.107345/

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