NAM.1980-05-153-1

Cigarette box, 1918. Silver plate (on brass), made by the Regimental Armourer at Sialkot, India, 1918. Inscribed, 'WLA' for Lt William Lowry Alston, 32nd Sikh Pioneers, 1918. Rectangular, with flared base and lined with sandalwood. Containing seven tipped and six untipped Senior Service cigarettes. With seven-looped hinge for lid. At front of lid is a double curved projection serving as a handle. Upon the top of the lid is the above monogram, engraved in interlocking openwork characters. The surface of the lid is slightly convex and the plating is extensively worn away on the suface and on all corners and edges. Inside, the wood lining on front and back has five sets of contra-facing slots for placing an adjustable divider therein. Associated with the Indian Army.

World War One (1914-1918)