Deruelle Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Sorry for the photo, I don't understand I try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deruelle Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 cigarette case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Y Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Not German, but from her Gallant Allies. Turkish meerschaum, NZ bringback from Gallipoli or thereabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Murphy Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) Finally, here is my favorite Imperial smoking item. In 1991, while wandering about on the crest of the Dead Man at Verdun, I spotted the edge of this sticking up out of the dirt. After carefully wiggling this straight up and out of the earth, I realized it was a cigarette tin. A friend got excited, grabbed it from me and opened it (thankfully doing no further damage to it) thinking there might be an Iron Cross inside. Sadly there was nothing inside but dirt and it was only when I got back to the hotel that I cleaned it and realized that much of the lithography was intact. Having been in the ground for 70+ years the condition is remarkable. It is a tin for "Gold Saba" cigarettes made by Garbaty of Berlin. I often wonder if the Prussian owner survived the battle. Dan Edited December 4, 2006 by Daniel Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mott5ranch Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Finally, here is my favorite Imperial smoking item. In 1991, while wandering about on the crest of the Dead Man at Verdun, I spotted the edge of this sticking up out of the dirt. After carefully wiggling this straight up and out of the earth, I realized it was a cigarette tin. A friend got excited, grabbed it from me and opened it (thankfully doing no further damage to it) thinking there might be an Iron Cross inside. Sadly there was nothing inside but dirt and it was only when I got back to the hotel that I cleaned it and realized that much of the lithography was intact. Having been in the ground for 70+ years the condition is remarkable. It is a tin for "Gold Saba" cigarettes made by Garbaty of Berlin. I often wonder if the Prussian owner survived the battle. Dan Looks like a bullet went through it . . . . I've shot enough metal things to know. That was in my younger days of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Murphy Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Looks like a bullet went through it . . . . I've shot enough metal things to know. That was in my younger days of course.Yes, that is why I have always wondered if the original owner survived. Actually it would have been a shell splinter since the shape of the hole is squared off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensF. Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Especially in Verdun many items were hit again and again by shell fragments. It must not mean, the owner carried it as it was hit. Or lets hope, he didn't... Here is a Batschari cigarette tin from neighbouring Cote 304. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensF. Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Inner side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jef Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 This cigar is a bit younger. Should I keep it for a special occasion...? [attachmentid=63770][attachmentid=63771][attachmentid=63772][attachmentid=63773] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Murphy Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) Here is a nice trench art lighter made from shell case brass. This is so precisely made without even a seam visible, it has got to be German. A very classy and stylish piece that I purchase from a German man who collected old lighters. It is engraved only "Verdun". No need to elaborate on that! Dan Jens, I would love to know how they did the old lithography on those cigarette tins that made the label so resistant to oxidation. Simply amazing they have survived. Edited December 12, 2006 by Daniel Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Hi all,Here's a few bits I thought I'd add to the pile. Not sure if this lighter is WWI or WWII... no markings but the old girl still works and is in great shape: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 This one is definitely Imperial:Sadly missing the main part on top but looks as if a new one could be screwed right in. Finding one would be the trick though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Imperial pipe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Matches: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 That's it for now. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 And bottom view with makers name and city.made in Hamburg, nowadays they write it "Jungfernstieg" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 They can't be seen too well though in the packet.They look like... magic cigarettes! Was it the secret behind German warfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Along with the bar I just posted was this matchbox cover. U-shaped, black enamel over blued steel with an applied EK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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