5 vintage WD Wills satin cigarette cards Crests &Badges

FIVE VINTAGE SATIN PAPER-BACKED CIGARETTE CARDS WITH MEDALS AND CRESTS- W.D. & H.O. WILLS "THREE CASTLES" AND "VICE REGAL CIGARETTES". THEY ARE PARTS OF TWO SETS WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO SMOKERS OF THE PARTICULAR CIGARETTES.  THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE USED AS DECORATIVE ITEMS FOR CUSHION COVERS AND OTHER FANCY ARTICLES FOR HOME DECORATION.  TO REMOVE SATIN FROM THE PAPER BACK, LOOSEN AT CORNER AND PULL GENTLY MOISTENING IF NECESSARY.  THESE ITEMS ARE IN FAIR CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE FABRIC HAS STARTED TO FRAY AND THEY ARE ALL DISCOLOURED AND SLIGHTLY GRUBBY.  THEY CONSIST OF -

MEDALS:

JUBILEE MEDAL OF CAROL I - THIS MEDAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1881 TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF CAROL I, AS FIRST KING OF ROUMANIA AS AN INDEPENDENT KINGDOM;

CAPTURE OF GHUZNEV 1839 - THIS MEDAL ORIGINATED WITH SHAH SOOJAH, WHOSE PART THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT TOOK IN THE AFGHAN TROUBLES.  OWING TO HIS DEATH, THE ACTUAL AWARDS WERE MADE BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

AFGHANISTAN - THIS MEDAL WAS GRANTED IN 1881, WITH SIX CLASPS FOR ALI MUSJID, PEIWAR KOTAL, CHARASIA, AHMED KHEL, KABUL AND KANDAHAR TO ALL TROOPS TAKING PART IN THE CAMPAIGN.

CRESTS & BADGES

LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT - RAISED IN 1740 AS THE 47TH FOOT, IT SAW EARLY SERVICE IN AMERICA, AND THE GOOD NAME IT EARNED LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR A SPLENDID RECORD OF BRAVERY AND DEVOTION IN ALL PARTS OF THE EMPIRE.  IT IS VERY PROUD OF THE TITLE 'LOYAL'

HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT - RAISED IN 1702, IT TOOK PART IN ALL OF MARLBOROUGH'S GREAT BATTLES, AND BORE A GALLANT PART AT MINDEN.  WON THE BADGE OF THE ROYAL TIGER FOR LONG AND GALLANT SERVICE IN INDIA, AND WAS THE FIRST BRITISH REGIMENT TO MARCH RIGHT ACROSS THAT COUNTRY.

THIS ITEM COMES FROM A SMOKE-FREE HOME

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• I DESCRIBE THESE GOODS AS BEST AS I CAN.  I CHECK THEM CAREFULLY AND POINT OUT ANY DEFECTS OR DAMAGE, BUT I AM NOT AN EXPERT AND I MAY MISS SOMETHING OCCASIONALLY.  PLEASE BEAR WITH ME IF THIS HAPPENS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME.
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