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Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box

Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box

Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box

Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box

Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box

  • Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box
  • Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box
  • Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box
  • Interesting 1920s silver cigarette box
Letters to the editor
 
Dear PreWarCar,
 
I thought you may be interested in a pre-war cigarette box which I found in a flea market in Belgium.  It was totally black, but I noticed the enamel car badges and thought it would be an interesting purchase, so I purchased it. I polished it when I got home and was pleased to find it was made of solid silver, with a continental 90% purity stamp.
 
I would be very interested to hear if you have any ideas about the original owner, who appears to have been Colombian. There are also some badges which I have not been able to identify.
Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions or observations you may have.
 
Yours, 
Paul Leonard
 
Published:
Monday May 15th, 2023

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Tony Press
21 May 2023, 05:38
And the music?
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Hergen Deuter
15 May 2023, 21:53
The German engraving on the case means "From Colombia by your friend Faust v. Vadnay". It is likely to be Pal-Faust von Vadnay from Budapest, who was an engineer but worked as well as a silent movie actor and director in Berlin during World War I and was married to Erdmute, Countess von der Schulenburg.
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