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Ration "Fags."
Western Mail, Thursday 9 February 1933, page 2 The cigarette shown above is one of the few survivors of those presented to the troops in France by Princess Mary, at Christmas time, 1914. Left: Showing the Ingenious wrapping in which it came from Corrigin to "The Western Mail" office. Two cigarette papers kept it intact. Right: The top half of the original of the original cigarette, showing Princess Mary's monogram. See letterpress for further interesting particulars. |