case, cigarette, case, cigarette
Accession Number
NAM.1966-03-51-1
Description
Cigarette case, 1914 (c). Silver, made by W M Company, hallmarked Birmingham, 1913-1914. Plain, with rounded edges, front is inscribed, 'WON BY/ MAJOR A.M. BENT', surmounted by a device comprising a Chinese dragon, crown and scroll inscribed, '66th Punjabis'. Verso inscribed, 'FOUND IN OWNERS POCKET/ IN THIS CONDITION,/ WHEN WOUNDED IN COMMAND OF THE/ 2ND ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS./ FESTUBERT./ 22ND DEC.1914.'. Associated with the 2nd Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Battle of Givenchy, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914-1915.
Events
Givenchy, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection
