The lucky next owner of this piece will know exactly what it felt like to anxiously pull this from the mailbox 56.
Lone ranger atomic bomb ring for sale.
Bomb tail is red with fins.
This ring spinthariscope was known as the lone ranger atom bomb ring and advertised as a seething scientific creation the lone ranger was more closely associated with silver bullets than atomic bombs but that s what it was called.
Lone ranger atom bomb ring spinthariscope 1947 early 1950s this ring spinthariscope was known as the lone ranger atom bomb ring and advertised as a seething scientific creation the lone ranger was more closely associated with silver bullets than atomic bombs but that s what it was called.
The sides have a star and thunder bolt design and the front shows eagle wings.
The most popular color.
In 1947 general mills kix cereal brand offered the atomic bomb ring as a premium in exchange for 15 cents plus a cereal box top.
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Collectible advertising premiums prizes charms.
When the red base which served as a secret message compartment was taken off and after a suitable period of.
And it did indeed work.
Aluminum bullet shaped bomb with red plastic removeable end cap adjustable brass.
Vintage 1947 lone ranger atomic bomb ring a cheerios kix toy premium from cereal maker general mills.
The bullet or bomb was actually a device called a spinthariscope which enables the viewer to see nuclear disintegrations caused by the interaction of radioisotopes.
The ring cleverly combined the lone ranger s silver bullet iconography with that of the new atomic sciences.
Lone ranger atomic bomb ring.
There are 10 atomic bomb ring for sale on etsy and they cost 26 20 on average.
1946 lone ranger atomic bomb ring instruction slip kix cereal premium es 1940s kix atomic bomb ring missing red plastic cap vintage kix cereal atomic bomb ring adv.
Lone ranger atom bomb ring spinthariscope 1947 early 1950s this ring spinthariscope was known as the lone ranger atom bomb ring and advertised as a seething scientific creation the lone ranger was more closely associated with silver bullets than atomic bombs but that s what it was called.
The most common atomic bomb ring material is metal.
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Did not attempt to pry red tail end off.
Also known as the lone ranger atomic bomb ring it was a reflection of the public s preoccupation with the power and potential of atomic energy at the time.