Hi folks got this piece from a widow of a former soldier, in her words
" I am pleased it has found a good home and thought you might be interested in a little more information about it’s history.

My late husband was a soldier in the Welsh Guards towards the end of the last war and was sent to Holland, in his tank, with the British Expeditionary Force, to clear any remaining Nazi resistance. He reached a town called Enschede on the German border and assisted with their Liberation there. After the war he was invited back to this town for several memorial ceremonies of that event where he made new friendships with several Dutch families. The boxes were apparently presented to the veterans and their hosts around that time.

I am hoping to find out what was in the box - possibly cigarettes or cigars which were regularly issued to soldiers during the war. It has been a very useful box since.

it is a nice piece which looks like something from a gift shop, any one else seen one of these.

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