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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 231305, member: 2844"]Yes, these boxes were sold as cigarette and cigar boxes, and often brought home by returning servicemen. Maybe women too, but they might have preferred beautiful Egyptian jewellery. 1940s would be right, likely an Australian soldier returning home with this after WWII.</p><p>There is no need to polish it unless you feel it is getting too tarnished. Too much polishing wears the design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 231305, member: 2844"]Yes, these boxes were sold as cigarette and cigar boxes, and often brought home by returning servicemen. Maybe women too, but they might have preferred beautiful Egyptian jewellery. 1940s would be right, likely an Australian soldier returning home with this after WWII. There is no need to polish it unless you feel it is getting too tarnished. Too much polishing wears the design.[/QUOTE]
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