Cool Find Alert - WWII German Cigarette Tins

Overstolz Zigaretten

I absolutely hate smoking, yet I still found myself fascinated with the find of these German cigarette tins. Turns out these types of cigarette tins were used by soldiers in the field during WWII. Note, there were no cigarettes in them.

What I was able to find out about these with some limited internet research:

Overstolz is a brand of cigarettes made by the former Cologne cigarette company, Haus Neuerburg (you can see Haus Neuerburg stamped in the crest logo). The Haus Neuerburg names come from the brothers, Heinrich and August Neuerburg, sons of a tobacco farmer, who started the company, back in 1908.

The SONDERVERPACKUNG on the embossing in the center means Special Packaging making it unique from the more common flat packaging found at that time.

I can't help but picture them in the hands of a German soldier, lighting them with one of those old-timey Zippo lighters while speaking harsh German.

Probably more likely that an American soldier that served overseas during WWII brought them back and either gifted them to my grandfather or else they were just smoking them in the tavern and discarded the empties. Regardless, it's pretty safe to say that I don't think I've ever been so intrigued by empty cigarette packaging.

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