BELUM.O188.1919
BELUM.O188.1919
BELUM.O188.1919
HISTORY
Object Name
Cigarette Case
Date Made
1914
1914
1914
Place Made
Germany
Germany
Germany
Description
German soldier's cigarette box containing three German cigarettes and one torn in half. Box marked '1914' and 'W.' The box has the words of a famous military engagement in 1918, scraped onto it, indicating that it may well have been taken off a German prisoner or dead body, during the Allied advance of the summer and autumn of 1918.
Materials
brass
Place Collected
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Belfast
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O188.1919
Copyright
National Museums NI
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