*FOLK ART JEWELRY BOX PRIVATE WUNDERLIN 10TH PA DAYTON, OHIO SOLDIERS HOME COLLECTION*

A RARE AND UNUSUAL SMALL NICK-KNACK BOX MADE BY FRANCIS WUNDERLIN A PRIVATE OF THE 10TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WHO LATE IN LIFE LIVED AT THE DAYTON OHIO NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOME. BUILT IN 1867 WITH FUNDS GENERATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A SOLID BULL HORN AND WOOD BOTTOM INGRAVED UNDER THE HORN ( FR. WUNDERLIN SOLDIERS HOME, O ) PROBABLY MADE AT THE HOME DURING THE LATE 1890S - 1920 PERIOD. THIS PIECE CAME IN THE COLLECTION OF A 1890S SOLDIERS HOME CARD AND A PLATE WITH THE SCENE OF THE CHURCH ON THE PROPERTY OF THE SOLDIERS HOME IN DAYTON, OHIO. SMALL TACKS, HELD WITH A BRASS HINGE THAT STILL WORKS WELL. MINOR CHIPS IN THE HORN. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF FRANCIS WUNDERLIN. INLISTED 04/26/1861 TO 07/31/1861 EARLY DISABILITY RELEASE. PROBABLY THE REASON WEHY HIS FAMILY PLACED HIM IN THE SOLDIERS HOME IN DAYTON, OHIO. BORN FROM IMIGRANTS IN BADIN GERMANY AND RAISED 9 CHILDREN. HIS WIFE ACCORDING TO FAMILY RECORDS WAS NAMED MARY EKAUMF. THE FAMILY MOVED FROM LANCASTER PA IN 1866 TO HARRISON PENNSYLVANIA. A VERY POOR FAMILY WITH MANY TOO FEED HAD NO RECOURSE BUT TO BE PUT IN THE SOLDIERS HOME WHERE HE COULD PROPERLY BE TAKEN CARE OF.

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