Princess Mary Tin with Contents

British Princess Mary Tin with Contents - A superb example of this Christmas Tin donated to the troops of the first world war.complete with tobacco, cigarettes, pipe, greetings card, scarce bullet pencil, note from Buckingham Palace and retaining card. The surface of the lid is decorated with a portrait of Princess Mary, surrounded by a laurel wreath and with an ‘M’ either side. At the top are the words ‘Imperium Britannicum’ with a sword and scabbard either side, and at the bottom are the words ‘Christmas 1914’, flanked by the bows of battleships forging through a heavy sea. In the corners are the names of the Allies: Belgium, Japan, Montenegro and Servia, with France and Russia either side.