An Extremely Rare 17th Century German Military Match Hider

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Originally Posted by Matchlock

This is the only known detached late 16th or early 17th century match hider, except for a handful of them retained on some of the bandoliers of the Guard of the Electors of Saxony.

Thanks for showing us another rare item. The Japanese also used a similar item for the same purpose and they are also very rare, here is an example.


Hinawa-ire, container to transport a burning cord. It was designed to keep a match cord burning. It also dimmed or hid the glow at night so the enemy could not see the massed enemy matches.