Inventarnummer
201404.1.2
Titel
Dvr Rimes Cigarette Case
Beschreibung
A metal silver coloured cigarette case with engraving to all surfaces inside and out. A note inside the case states it was made from a shot down german plane and was made by POWs at Zaghouan in 1943 when 2 Section were mountain climbing at Mt Zaghouan.
The front, back and inside back of the case are all engraved with a border and a large diamond shape. The front of the case has the airbourne emblem etched into the surface and the reverse has Pegasus, the winged horse on it. The inside of the back of the case has leaves in four corners and in the centre of the diamond shape '1873467 DVR RIMES C 9TH FIELD COY (AIRBORNE) RE' ETCHED. The inside front cover has an Egyptian scene of pyramids and a Sphinx etched into the surface.
Datum
1943 - 1943
Entstehungszeitraum
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Format
- Width: 125 mm
- Depth: 77 mm