An original Coca-Cola bottle opener with the "STARR X" logo. According to Brown Manufacturing Company, producers of the bottle openers, the first ' Drink Coca-Cola ' STARR "X" bottle openers began to appear around 1929. Around this time the ' Coca-Cola ' STARR bottle opener after the Starr “X” design evolved. On the opener the following text: Starr 'X' Patent 2333088 Brown Co N. Nieuws, VA The back: Made in the USA Thomas C. Hamilton, a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, filed a patent for a bottle opener on 18 September 1924. Before the early 1970s all bottle openers were cast in different foundries in the United States. After that are all the ' Drink Coca-Cola ' STARR "X" bottle openers were cast in the Brown-foundry in Germany. This Coca-Cola bottle opener was produced from 1943 until early 1970, given the box this must have been in the 1950s. Pictures are an addition to the description of the condition. Is sent well packed with track-and-trace