Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Winter Olympics Cigarette Case GTRexclude with a maker’s mark of

with a maker’s mark of “R

without soiling of any kind

superposed by a five pointed blue enameled star with squares on the tips

period photographs

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Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Winter Olympics Cigarette Case GTRexclude with a maker’s mark of(IV. Olympische Winterspiele Zigarettenetui). Constructed of neusilber, the cover bearing a central ribbed oval overlaid by an engraved monogram, surrounded by arabesque and vegetal designs, with the lower right corner bearing an enameled ski competition participants insignia, the reverse bearing engraved Olympic rings above a German national eagle, flanked by dates 6. 16. 2. 1936 and circumscribed by an inscription of IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE