Description
Maker: Rex, Ltd edition no. No. 81/100 issued, stamped Regd Design Pat App No. 10590746, the rectangular-shaped and hinged enamelled case resembling a postcard with original 2 1/2d postage stamp on the top right hand corner, inscribed: Souvenir of the Voyage of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth accompanied by T.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth and The Princess Margaret to The Union of South Africa, 1947, opening to reveal a gilded interior (14 x 8.5cm) SOLD TOGETHER with the original paper slip and cardboard box PLUS a photographic sepia postcard, inscribed: H.M.S. Vanguard Royal Tour to South Africa 1947, a small enamel badge, inscribed: Coronation 1953 Elizabeth II Pietermaritzburg and a 1937 Coronation of King Edward VIII Anointing Spoon souvenir gilt metal brooch (With original box and information sheet AND a novelty Commemorative 1935 Silver Jubilee miniature photo album case of red glass and pressed gilt metal cover, holding 7 x minute black and white photographic portraits of King George V and Queen Mary, Note: According to our research another cigarette case was sold by Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, on 20 April 2006, Lot 142, Marine and Scientific Instruments. Reference: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/13552/lot/142/a-souvenir-cigarette-case-hms-vanguard-1947-55x325in14x85cm/
