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British & Commonwealth pre-1919

Princess Mary Christmas Gift Box.

£30


A Princess Mary Christmas Gift Box 1914 in silver (no contents). Solid and heavy. This tin varies from the usual one, which has Princess Mary’s bust in the middle of the lid.

The tin originally contained a number of gifts intended to be distributed to all members of the armed forces of the British Empire on Christmas day 1914, during World War I.

Reference XX26