Lot 896 , A George V engine turned silver cigarette box with later inscription relating to Lt.General Sir Gordon Macready, gross 41 oz.

A George V engine turned silver cigarette box with later inscription relating to Lt.General Sir Gordon Macready, of shaped rectangular form, with Greek key border, on bracket feet, Hukin & Heath Ltd, Birmingham, 1927, 9in, gross 41 oz.
Estimate £200-300

Inscription reads "To Lt. General Sir Gordon Macready from the friends and colleagues who served with him in Germany from 1946-1951".
This box was a present from those who served with him in Germany 1946-51, when he was Regional Commissioner for Lower Saxony, British Chairman of the Economic Control Office for the British and American Zones of Germany and Economic Advisor to the UK High Commissioner


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Sold for £220