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WW2 1943 Gift Tin To SA Troops From Jan & Isie Smuts.
The tin is complete and opens and closes smoothly. Please note the surface rust to the lid and the wear to the bottom. Like all the other nations in the Empire, South African troops were supported by a charitable sector in their homeland that supplied troops with little gifts to make their time away from home more bearable. The South African Gifts and Comforts Fund supplied a small tin of cigarettes to troops every Christmas throughout the war. This is a 1943 example. The tin is printed with a design featuring a springbok, a V for victory, the images of the Prime Minister Jan Smuts and his wife Isie and Christmas in both English and Afrikaans. The rear of the tin has the details of who had supplied the tin of cigarettes, again in both English and Afrikaans. Inside the tin is printed the signatures of both Jan and Isie Smuts.
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