ORIGINAL WW1 PRINCESS MARY 1914 CHRISTMAS TIN PENCIL

GREAT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. CROWN AND THE LETTER M STAMPED ON THE BRASS , PLEASE SEE PICTURES. TOTAL LENGTH IS 8.1 cm.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE LITTLE GIFTS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CHRISTMAS TIN. SOME INFORMATION ON THIS PENCIL.. The contents varied considerably; officers and men on active service afloat or at the front received a box containing a combination of pipe, lighter, 1 oz of tobacco and twenty cigarettes in distinctive yellow monogrammed wrappers. Non-smokers and boys received a bullet pencil and a packet of sweets instead. Indian troops often got sweets and spices, and nurses were treated to chocolate.

The item "ORIGINAL WW1 PRINCESS MARY 1914 CHRISTMAS TIN PENCIL" is in sale since Saturday, July 25, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Field Gear". The seller is "jonathan129" and is located in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, to all countries in Europe, to Japan, to Australia.

Era: 1914-1945
Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Service: Army
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom