Lot 439 : Sold for £270 hammer

Estimate £200-£300

A Queen Mary brass cigarette box for Christmas 1914 containing cigarettes, tobacco, greeting card and photograph, together with hand written note in pencil by H.R.H Prince of Wales for a delivery to a hairdresser in France dated 12-6-15. Formerly owned by the late Mr Robert Taylor of Wolverhampton who was chauffeur to the King while serving in the Army Service Corps and frequently drove him near the front line, together with a newspaper cutting outlining this and similar events.

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