Military Gallery

Navy Cut Medium cigarettes, 1924

Player's Navy Cut Medium cigarettes in three, tiered sections. The back section is the tallest and comprises packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes which has the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. The mid-section is similarly compose of packs of cigarettes and a box of cigarettes with the Castle trade mark as well as the sailor in a life-buoy trade mark. Above the box is a banner with the text "PLAYER'S". The front section, which is the lowest displays packs of cigarettes, One is open and two others have collecting cards protruding. The three sections are connected by a foot, the left and right sides of which have broken off and the back section has become detached. On the reverse is a hand-written note which reads "C117" and there is a printed note which reads "TO DISPLAY // HOLD BY TOP AND // PRESS DOWN ON TO // COUNTER // N.B. // if this display is // required to be closed // bring two struts into // centre first."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Airman Tobacco, 1929

Player's Airman Tobaccos pull-forward counter card. The top section is shaped like a cloud and is painted with a blue sky and white clouds. In the centre is a small sky-writing aeroplane which has just written "Player's Please". Centre top is a pack of Airman Mixture tobacco and to the right, where the back meets the base, is a pack of Airman Navy Cut which pops forward when the card is opened. On the left hand side is the connection where another pack of tobacco should be, which has been lost. The text on the base reads "PLAYER'S // AIRMAN // TOBACCOS // 9 1/2D // PER OZ.". On the reverse is a hand-written note in faded red ink "OK // 12.4.29 // GG". There is a support to allow the card to pull forward and stand upright. There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England

Airman Mixture tobacco, 1925=26

Player's Airman Mixture tobacco rectangular counter card. The background is purple. In the centre of the card is a pack of Airman Mixture tobacco surmounted by imitation RAF wings (the angle of the wings is incorrect) and crown. In the centre of the wings is the letter "P". In the top left and right hand corners are quarter RAF roundels. To the left of the tobacco packet is the text "A BLEND OF // BRITISH // EMPIRE, // VIRGINIA // & EASTERN // TOBACCOS.". To the right of the packet is the text "9d // PER OZ.". Below is the text "Player's AIRMAN Mixture". On the reverse is a support to allow the card to stand upright and a handwritten note which dates the card to "1925". There is a label which reads "MARDONS // WINDOW NOVELTIES // EMBOSSED SHOWCARDS / &C, &C // VARNISHERS // GELATINERS & FRAME MAKERS // BRISTOL & LONDON."

© Produced by the kind permission of Imperial Tobacco Limited, England