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Antique Safe ID Help

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Antique Safe ID Help

Postby bakersfieldlock2 » 6 Oct 2023 11:43

Can anyone help me identify this antique safe? It appears to have been green before it was damaged in a fire. I have searched online and had no luck finding anything the matches exactly. I appreciate any help or info anyone has. Thank yoU!

https://ibb.co/grczStz
https://ibb.co/qJWMzHd
https://ibb.co/mJpcX52
https://ibb.co/xY6LXRb
https://ibb.co/7j9mhdD
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Re: Antique Safe ID Help

Postby Squelchtone » 6 Oct 2023 16:04

Here, I got the direct photo links:

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[image]https://i.ibb.co/T1t2YFG/IMG-3605.jpg[/image]
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Re: Antique Safe ID Help

Postby Squelchtone » 6 Oct 2023 16:13

Feels like a Schwab looking at those long hinges, and T handle location, but handle feels like a J Baum, and the S&G dial is a replacement from some point in safe's life.
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Re: Antique Safe ID Help

Postby bakersfieldlock2 » 6 Oct 2023 16:15

I think I might have ID'd it as an empire safe but I haven't determined which direction the bolt is going
https://ibb.co/bBmz4vd
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Re: Antique Safe ID Help

Postby Squelchtone » 6 Oct 2023 16:23

bakersfieldlock2 wrote:I think I might have ID'd it as an empire safe but I haven't determined which direction the bolt is going
https://ibb.co/bBmz4vd


I think the Empire model was made by National Safe, sure does look like yours.
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