Silver weighted rectangular cigarette box with wooden lining...

Hammer

£360

Silver weighted rectangular cigarette box with wooden lining, Birmingham -

Historical information: Officers Mess (Mesa Oficerow) or ORP (a legendary Grom-class destroyer of the Polish Navy that operated alongside the Royal Navy in WWll before being lost off Norway in May 1940) This box was presented to Franciszek Czelusnaik.
Peking Plan the secret operation where ORP Grom and two other Polish destroyers escaped the Baltic Sea just ahead of the German invasion to safely reach Great Britain.