A RUSSIAN SOVIET SILVER CIGARETTE CASE

A RUSSIAN SOVIET SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, Moscow dated 1950, of rectangular form with rounded corners, push button release with a collet set cabochon cut past thumbpiece. The front with embossed decoration of a solider holding the flag of the soviet union, with the Kremlin Clock in the background. Gilt interior. The reverse engraved with an inscription “дорогому николаю от гришии и нины 19 / XII 50г”. Marked to the interior with 875 standard mark of 1927-58, makers mark ЮXA.

Maker: ЮXA (untraced)
Length: 10.6 cm
Weight: 186 grams / 5.98 ozt