Idiot Clause - the contents of this pack are 1945 manufacture and are NOT suitable for consumption. They are being sold as novelty collector pieces only. Even though some people on YouTube have tried.

Original Item. Only One Available. The culture of wartime smoking became even more prominent during World War II. Cigarettes dangled ubiquitously from the lips of battle-weary Soldiers, of cartoon characters in “Stars & Stripes” like Bill Mauldin’s Willy and Joe, and of American wounded laid out on stretchers in movie newsreels, newspapers, and “Life” magazine. One publication went as far as to describe wartime smoking as the “last and only solace of the wounded.” Even President Roosevelt, the commander-in-chief, was frequently pictured smoking, the ever-present cigarette holder clamped firmly in his teeth. Meanwhile, Ike chain-smoked four packs daily, Churchill preferred cigars, and MacArthur drew on his corncob.

This is an extremely rare box of Rio 6 Cigarettes, still completely sealed with the German tax stamp still mostly sealed on the front. The box measures 9¼ x 3¾ x 2¾” and still contains every pack, although we can’t tell how many packs there are meant to be since we can’t open it. The back of the box says 100 Stumpen which we assume to mean 100 cigarettes, so maybe there are 10 packs of 10 or 20 packs of 5. We aren’t sure of the exact date but the stamp indicates pre-1945 manufacture.

Comes ready for further research and display.