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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.