16 oblong strips of paper, 22 x 50 mm. all neatly folded in half. Printed in a German gothic script. Jewish calendar in the year 5640 completes the creation of the world, 18th June 1879. Lists festivals like Schebat and Purim. Equinoxes. Dates of Royalty. Weather forecasts. Measures. Conversion from pfennig to kreuzer. Saints days. Calendar from17th july to 16th December. An ephemeral German almanac - probably incomplete - in a neat portable brass case. An unexpected survivor. Ingeniously held in a brass oval clip, marked D.R.G.M. With two folding covers. Original loop on top. Mildly patinated brass case and loop. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.