![]() ![]() ![]() To me I would consider this as a White version of their logo and probably worth more. If you are referring to this one here at this link: I paid $45 for it a few years back. I have two green also and appreciate the information on here. I can't find anything anywhere about them. I have two gold lucky strike cigarette flat tins. During WWII they went white also to support the war effort due to, I think, the need of copper to make green dye. It cant be worth much, id say 25 in not sucha great conition and anywhere to 45 bucks at most in great condition Hi, i have one just like the second tin, it is in good condition, could anyone tell me what is it worth? Thanks Poop, 9 years ago I discovered that after my initial comment. It appears that they made that box with "flat fifties" in the 1930s as well. Hey frank, the one in the second photo is from the 1940's I have the two of the ones in the second post that ill have to post someday, yours are in like mont condition compared to mone though lol, mine are readable though aha thanks for sharing! Hi, I was wondering if you know roughly when the 2nd tin pictured above was made? If you wish to see more of these beauties check out the 2 links below Many other tobaccos manufactures switched to cardboard also for the war effort and were never seen again in tin packages. After they dropped the green packaging for the white to support the WW2 war effort. The 4th one is actually a cardboard version of the flat fifties. 3rd one is a “Merrie Christmas” (how they spelled it) one for the Holiday season. Then we have a later version with the nick name logo “Flat Fifties” added to the tin itself. The 1st photo is an earlier version of the Lucky Strike Flat Fifties. These were flat tins with one layer of two rows of cigarettes with a total of 50 cigs, hence the nick name, “Flat Fifties”. Once the tobacco manufactures got on the band wagon and started to commercially make cigarettes in large quantities one of the many types of marketing was in the form of “Flat Fifties” tins. During this phase many German prisoners of war were working in various positions in the camp.Here we have various types of Flat Fifties cigarette tins with the “Lucky Strike” brand. Gathering soldiers that were to be demobilized and went back to the States, sending other soldiers to new units for the fight in the Far East and providing shelter for recently released prisoners of war. The leadership of the camp was located in the nearby castle of Janville.Īfter the capitulation of the Germans the camp was used again by the Americans. "Camp Lucky Strike" was populated by 60,000 to 100,000 Americans and covered an area of 600 hectares. Naming them after cigarette brands was mainly aimed at keeping the locations secret, but the Americans also hoped for a psychological effect because of the familiarity with these names. From there the soldiers were transported to units in Europe. Big tent camps to provide a first asylum for huge numbers of troops to fight in Europe (staging areas). Surrounding the city of Le Havre, the so called "Cigarette" camps were constructed. The Americans energetically snapped the port and Le Havre was the main port for transporting troops for the coming years. 17 km of quay had nothing left but just one working crane. A devastated port however: the town was bombarded to a complete ruin by the Royal Air Force and the Germans had destroyed everything they could. On September 7, 1944, after the city of Le Havre in Brittany had fallen into allied hands, the allies at last possessed a extra port, apart from Cherbourg. A small monument but it points to the largest military camp that the Americans had during WWII in Europe, "Camp Lucky Strike." This small memorial is situated at a junction of two French country roads. ![]()
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