A Spanish Civil War Tanker's Cigarette Case GTRexclude seven months and seventeen days

seven months and seventeen days Continental Service

the left side with a three-prong buckle

In a letter to his uncle

his Canadian Army Soldier's Service and Pay Book

marked L/19 for Ferdinand Hoffstatter

A Spanish Civil War Tanker's Cigarette Case GTRexclude seven months and seventeen daysFront decorated with a series of vertical rules, a 20. 2 mm x 25. 5 mm Spanish tank badge near the centre and a 19 mm hand engraved reverse armed swastika inside a frame formed by fifteen arches and outlined in a beaded trim at the upper left, both insignias affixed via two rivets each, buffed and swirled inside covers, spring loaded two piece scalloped upright cassette for ten cigarettes, push release on the right side, hinged on the left side, 84. 5