DIGGER27
In Memory Of
My first complete one, there is a possibility I might have found pieces or a lid from one of these in the past but hard to say if you only see parts and not the complete case.
Asked for help because it seemed too thin to be a cigarette case, my first guess, bowinkles kept insisting it was just crushed flat but I didn't believe it.
He was correct after all...The side with the hinges shows the original thickness and it will fit cigarettes.
It has a map of New Jersey etched into the lid, looking online etching images on cigarette cases was popular and I saw several vintage ones etched with maps from all over the world so evidently this was a thing.
The map shows the Jersey Turnpike and that was opened in late 1951 so I figure this is a 50's to early 60's relic.
Not a speck of rust, it is made of brass and the outside had a pretty much totally tarnished black patina after taking a 50+ year dirtnap.
I scrubbed hard and the brass is coming through on the inside of the lower lid and the metal holder which was all closed up and more protected and they cleaned up a bit easier.
Pretty cool, not junk so I am happy.
Asked for help because it seemed too thin to be a cigarette case, my first guess, bowinkles kept insisting it was just crushed flat but I didn't believe it.
He was correct after all...The side with the hinges shows the original thickness and it will fit cigarettes.
It has a map of New Jersey etched into the lid, looking online etching images on cigarette cases was popular and I saw several vintage ones etched with maps from all over the world so evidently this was a thing.
The map shows the Jersey Turnpike and that was opened in late 1951 so I figure this is a 50's to early 60's relic.
Not a speck of rust, it is made of brass and the outside had a pretty much totally tarnished black patina after taking a 50+ year dirtnap.
I scrubbed hard and the brass is coming through on the inside of the lower lid and the metal holder which was all closed up and more protected and they cleaned up a bit easier.
Pretty cool, not junk so I am happy.
