Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case Auction October 1938” in its original

October 1938” in its original presentation case of issue

around the top edge of the simulated French cuffs

in solid silver (marked 900 on the edge)

In its balsa wood case of issue

Instituted 15 September 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV and Adolf Friedrich V

Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case Auction October 1938” in its originalA hand made ladies cigarette case, presumably made by a German DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps) prisoner of war in Africa for a lady waiting at home; constructed of aluminum the exterior of the lid depicts an exotic castle, the interior of the lid depicts a ship with the inscription In Remembrance of Africa 1945 46, the interior of the backside depicts the leftward facing portrait of a lady within a frame, and the exterior of the backside is inscribed