Help identifying silver cigarette case

Hi guys
I got an old cigarette case from my dad who said it came from my grandmother back in the 70s. He never bothered to look into it anf she passed away shortly after so we don't know anything about it. I tried searching online but my limited knowledge and patience has me asking people instead of guessing and wasting time.

I've added a few pics, the identifying marks inside are so small they are kinda hard to make out, and I don't see any letters. I see a 17 inside a triangle.

Any info on this is appreciated by me and my old man.

Back side:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RMhxNIzZD1yRAp8Co6LL27ZfbRrkYqqi/view?usp=drivesdk

Front side:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RRyBHhXEYHUWX9EJbA5uI6CMmCtu0X5N/view?usp=drivesdk

Open:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RYm6ikibpp3j9iFkeNkR1gpJaoEUi9fP/view?usp=drivesdk

Stamp 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rhz0SO312xH3VTp6NiP--4rNLSzNmmvK/view?usp=drivesdk

Stamp 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RfwZA5LQejULdlP_gs3E-mU-Sc0uLsU_/view?usp=drivesdk

 

Hi @AndyBlackmore and WELCOME to ANTIQUERS!! Can you give us the overall size of it?? I've only posted an image of the marks.....if you keep each of your images UNDER 1 MB, you can pose each FULL SIZE IN YOUR original post, but that might be a bit more work at this point I believe since you've posted them on Google drive.....I added one more for others to see.....oh what the heck, here's the open case as well!!!!

 

It's 4.25 inches long and 3 inches wide.

 

That should help others when they come along!!! My feeling is that's a much earlier type of cigarette case maybe '40s or 50's.....but DO wait for others to chime in!! @Bakersgma! @i need help! I believe that metal work may be called "engine turning" on it as well....

 

Thanks, man!

I will also add that regular cigarettes does not fit in it on the side where the band would hold them. The ones I bought are a bit too long. But longer cigs, 100s, will fit if you put them longways, so to speak. And only 1 layer of cigarettes fits, i.e, not on both sides or it won't close.

 

So are you saying BEFORE the days of filter cigarettes??? That would make sense to me..........

 

I am not sure, maybe cigarettes were smaller back whenever?

 

Hello, Andy. Nice looking case, but the marks don't mean anything to me. What country did your grandmother live in?

 

Bakersgma, hello!
My grandmother was russian, but she lived for awhile in Paris and ended up settling in Stockholm, Sweden, and thats where my dad lives and where she gave it to him. She was born in 1908, and was in Paris in the 30s.

 

Thanks for the info, Andy. She must have had an interesting life!

Let me see if I can do anything with those countries and the ones around them.

 

We (my old man and I) Appreciate it!
I wish I had more info to give but that's about all I can think of.

 

nice case.....

 

I don't know how to resize my images unfortunately but here's a zoomer in pic of the ovals. There's one on each side of the case but only one seems to show a 3, maybe? Very hard to see even with my magnifying glass. If not for the camera zoom I couldn't have made it out.

Pic 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RjfD3trA1BxkgD2FChRhttLvKdf9wonG/view?usp=drivesdk

Pic 2 (2nd side):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RnfFKqaxxG_KDZEERx4vuUBWInwUyU2j/view?usp=drivesdk

 

Sometimes is seems that you don't need any help.......... U R Help !!!!!

 

Or any of these letters:

TOWN CODES
A Bialystok B Bydgoszcz G Gdansk H Chorzow K Krakow L Lodz P Poznam V Wroclaw W Warszawa Z Czestochova

 

I think you should change your user name to Need Help?