NAM.1960-12-45-1

Princess Mary tobacco box, 1914. Owned by Lt Frederic George Bonney Wetherall, 127th Queen Mary’s Own Baluch Light Infantry. Contains a pencil in a case and a card. Stamped sheet brass; rectangular, flat with round corners. Lid hinged back, lined with brass internally, bearing: repoussé head of Princess Mary within a roundel, surrounded by a laurel wreath. On either side, an initial. Around the edge is a framed border of lattice work lozenge pattern. In each corner is a cartouche inscribed in relief. On either side of the initials is an inscribed roundel upon a trophy of flags. Above is an inscribed cartouche flanked by bayonet, scabbard, laurels and fauna and surmounted by a scallop shell. Below is an inscribed cartouche flanked by scrolls and scallop shells, with a battleship in the background. Pencil case made from a 303 cartridge. Card is in a greaseproof paper envelope, has initial on the outside, and internally has an inscription, a sword and laurel wreath and a printed message.

World War One (1914-1918)