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Princess Mary Gift Box
A brass tobacco tin with a portrait of Princess Mary (the only daughter of George V and Queen Mary) engraved on the lid along with a gilted border that states the names of the countries fighting alongside Britain in the First World War. The tobacco tin contains a Christmas card and photograph of Princess Mary in an envelope, an empty cigarette packet, a used cigarette paper and a dried out block of tobacco.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAB0382 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Tobacco tin |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1914 |
| People: | Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 30 mm x 130 mm x 86 mm |
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