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Nil Cigarettes
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Nil Cigarettes
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Personal Objects - Personal Gear - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment - Cigarette
Object Origin
Manufacturer:
NIL Austria Zigarettenfabrik
Date Manufactured:
c. 1940
Place of Production:
Austria
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Pack of NIL cigarettes in a blue box with white text on the lid. Box is rectangular, oriented horizontally. Lid lifts up and has an eagle with outstretched wings with the text "REGIE" below it. White text is also on the front edge of the lid. Underside of lid is silver with blue text. Cigarettes are underneath silver foil. Each cigarette has white paper with brown text on it.
Marks: Lid: "NIL / AUSTRIA / ZIGARETTENFABRIK MÜNCHEN" Front edge: "25 ZIGARETTEN" Back edge: "AUSTRIA ZIGARETTENFABRIK MÜNCHEN" Underside of lid: "Nil" followed by paragraph of German text Cigarettes: "REGIE / NIL / R 736"
Measurements: Object:
Height: 0.75 in, Length: 3 in, Width: 4.25 in
Weight: 0.046 lbs
Credit
Gift of Leon Kresl, 2004.8
Display Status
On Exhibit
Nil Cigarettes
About: Nil Cigarettes
About: Nil Cigarettes
These NIL brand cigarettes were produced by the Austria Cigarette Factory in Munich and recovered from the U-505. Smoking was not permitted within the U-505. Sailors were required to smoke cigarettes from the deck while the boat was surfaced.
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