Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat I've just learned these hand-painted

I've just learned these hand-painted jointed figures are Amos and Sandy (thus the A on the chest of the black figure)

along the seam

there is one missing button loop (the button is there

5" inches wide and 4

as if ready to hop away

Handmade Beeswax WWII WAC (Women's Army Corp) Figural Candle boat I've just learned these hand-paintedI think this sculptural beeswax candle is a pretty extraordinary thing, and I have not been able to find another of its kind. Surely made during WWII, it represents a woman in the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the US Army formed as an auxiliary unit (WAAC) in 1942, and converted to an active duty status (WAC) in July, 1943. Ultimately, about 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. I'm so curious about the