A SILVER-PLATED COMMEMORATIVE CIGARETTE BOX AND A GEORGE V SILVER CIGARETTE BOX THE SILVER SILVER BOX WITH MARK OF TF AND COMPANY, LONDON, 1929 Applied with a map of Europe and inscription ‘Peace for our Time, London – Munich Sept 29 1938 / Munich London Sept 30 1938’, the interior with plaque 'To Lord Londonderry from his grateful passenger on a memorable flight G.W.P'; the other rectangular with engine-turned hinged cover engraved 'R.C. from R.W 1931', marked on side 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) and 9 in. (22.6 cm.) wide Provenance Presented by George Ward Price (1886-1961), the Daily Mail's celebrated foreign correspondent, to Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, K.G., (1878-1949), to commemorate their flight to Munich at the time of the signing of the Munich Agreement with Hitler in September 1938, and then by descent.
A SILVER-PLATED COMMEMORATIVE CIGARETTE BOX AND A GEORGE V SILVER CIGARETTE BOX THE SILVER SILVER BOX WITH MARK OF TF AND COMPANY, LONDON, 1929 Applied with a map of Europe and inscription ‘Peace for our Time, London – Munich Sept 29 1938 / Munich London Sept 30 1938’, the interior with plaque 'To Lord Londonderry from his grateful passenger on a memorable flight G.W.P'; the other rectangular with engine-turned hinged cover engraved 'R.C. from R.W 1931', marked on side 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) and 9 in. (22.6 cm.) wide Provenance Presented by George Ward Price (1886-1961), the Daily Mail's celebrated foreign correspondent, to Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, K.G., (1878-1949), to commemorate their flight to Munich at the time of the signing of the Munich Agreement with Hitler in September 1938, and then by descent.
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