Offered is a large vintage Army-Navy Matchbook was an ESSO Giveaway to promote the Annual Army-Navy Football Game for 1936.
Matchbooks like this were common promotional items, often distributed at events or as part of advertising campaigns. The Army-Navy Game is a college football rivalry game played annually between the United States Military Academy (Army) and the United States Naval Academy (Navy).
This matchbook dates to 1936, a period when the Army-Navy game was gaining even more national attention. The design reflects the patriotic fervor of the era. The matchbook contain all of the matches. Very difficult to find.
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