Zakopane 1944 Trench Art Cigarette Case SS Soviet Vintage 1940s US Marine Corps

Vintage 1940s US Marine Corps sweetheart necklace

Someone scratched their initials into the lid

The inside of the jacket has a stamped serial number A-215941

There is some staining / discoloration

Zakopane 1944 Trench Art Cigarette Case SS Soviet Vintage 1940s US Marine CorpsOriginal Zakopane 1944 trench art carved cigarette holder. Zakopane is a Polish winter resort town. The SS occupied Zakopanie and tried to recruit Poles for a highlander division (the Polish highlanders were considered more Aryan than other Poles). This effort did not work (its actually quite an interesting read). Besides recruitment, they also dealt with suppressing resistance efforts. The Gestapo headquarters in Zakopane was in the cellars of the