China, Republic. A Second War Era Cigarette Case United Republic of and near extremely fine (black)

and near extremely fine (black)

with magnetic silvered metal buttons on either side of the termination point of the venting

Epehy and Rossoy

with correction of "M"

China, Republic. A Second War Era Cigarette Case United Republic of and near extremely fine (black)Fabricated from copper, the front cover illustrating a three dimensional image of a pagoda at the left and a leaping dragon at the right, the back cover plain, the interior silvered with elastic restraining straps placed on either side, hinged on the right side, push release on the left side, measuring 94 mm (w) x 79. 5 mm (h) x 18. 5 mm (d), exhibiting contact marks on the back cover and spotting on the inside back cover, better than very fine.