Three different cigarette boxes from Nazi Germany’s SS units, from the 1930s and early 1940s. The boxes are sealed with their original adhesive paper and have never been opened. Rare.
Trommler Gold – 20 ZIGARETTEN – SS musical instrument unit of Nazi Germany. A box containing 20 cigarettes. The lid features an image of an SS soldier playing a drum, along with the unit’s emblem. The sealing sticker also includes an illustration of a swastika. The Trommler Gold box is one of the rarest of Nazi cigarette boxes.
ZIGARETTEN 20 Das Reich – SS motorcycle unit of Nazi Germany. A box containing 20 cigarette. The lid depicts Wehrmacht soldiers riding motorcycles. The sealing sticker also features an illustration of a swastika.
Tag der Wehrmacht fur das Kriegs WHW Bamberg 1941 – 20 ZIGARETTEN – A cigarette box issued for Wehrmacht Day in Nazi Germany, Bamberg, 1941. A box containing 20 cigarettes. The sealing sticker includes an illustration of a swastika.
In the Nazi party, there were voices calling for an end to tobacco distribution, with strong opposition to smoking cigarettes. It is known that Adolf Hitler, who had been a heavy smoker in his youth, quit the habit in adulthood and even tried to discourage smoking among German military personnel. He expressed his disapproval of the unrestricted smoking allowed for soldiers, writing on March 2, 1942, that it was a “mistake, originating from the military leadership at the start of the war.” However, a formal smoking ban was only implemented in Nazi party offices, and Heinrich Himmler forbade SS officers and policemen from smoking while on duty. There was also an attempt by the Tobacco Research Institute, which successfully developed nicotine-free cigarettes for the first time. Nonetheless, cigarette boxes were common among SS soldiers, and the Nazi propaganda machine ensured they were used to spread the party’s ideology.
3 boxes, fully intact with the original sealing stickers. have never been opened In very good condition.
