Not for smoking but for collecting

[PoohBore]

Saw this on fleabay and couldn't resist, I'm sure it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Supposedly they are from 1939 - 1945 and the box does look genuine. The seal is intact and quite interesting....

[cj121]

A great find Poo, I like curios like those.

Translates to Noble Sort (kind/type I guess)

[Big_T_UK]

I have never wanted a specific box of cigars so badly! Was that on UK fleabay and what sort of money was it, if that is not an impertinent question?

T.

[kingcohiba]

Damn! Wtf are those? Hitler cigars?

[Lee Nub]

Ive seen several of those for sale in the last few months, all from the same seller and from a large stash they found apparently. If its the same one that is, does look like it.

[PoohBore]

yes it is from the same guy. I paid $57 incl P & P. need to get my cabinet humi project finished now !

An extract from the fleabay item

short history to the cigars and cigar holders:
As is known, there are round Freiburg (Germany) some tobacco fields them nowadays though are planted, but not used any more for own production in Germany. The crop is sold predominantly to the big tobacco industries and is processed there.

There was near Freiburg (Germany) a cigar factory which has also produced cigars exclusively in wooden boxes from 1900 on, with the label "Vorstenlanden", “ Goldfisch”, “Union”, “Edelsorte” etc. The tobacco company near Freiburg has produced cigars till 1955.
During the 2nd world war and also before they produced for the government of directors at that time and the military etc.

In 1955 the company was closed, the location was worth no more. Now in 2008 the buildings should be disposed or be broken off. It was examined again by the administrator and there the sensational finding came to the daylight:
Original packed cigars in boxes from 1933 - 1945, original closely, original sealed by the duty excise stamp with the original watermark of the government at that time. (With Imperial eagle and swastika)
The cigar box has the original tax band with the seal of the time, which (only) at the photo had to be worked on by me. It have become here collector's items with incalculable value, there will never again be thus.

[Lee Nub]

Yup thats how i remembered it.

[whisky77]

Good find.

Never seen anything like that before. A real collectors item.

[Kdot]

Not to keen on the Nazi imagery on the seal, but I'm sure some will fall over them selfs for it for this very reason.

[Big_T_UK]

Guilty!

[68TriShield]

That is quite the curio.

[tippexx]

Not to keen on the Nazi imagery on the seal, but I'm sure some will fall over them selfs for it for this very reason.

Yeah. A Neo-Musthave!

I'm all for curios and antique items. But some things are No No .... and those boxes would be one of them.

[monkey66]

Not for me

[Big_T_UK]

A friend found a nice Luger that was going at a shockingly reasonable price some years back (obviously when we could still pistol shoot) but he had a thing against items with swastikas. This particular pistol was in lovely condition but did have a TINY swastika stamp on the reciever (if memory serves) and so he walked away from the deal, I could not fathom it. If the pistol/item was in good condition, what you wanted and at a good price, what difference does another mark or stamp on it make. I think the same thing goes for the cigars. Good condition (apparently), a reasonable price, rare and interesting! The Eagle/swastika is only on the box, owning it or smoking them will turn you into a Nazi!

T.

[celsis]

I agree. This is history albeit a not very nice period, but it's still history.