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.

Object Details

ID: AAB0382
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