28th Feb, 2024 10:00
The World of War | Medals & Militaria
SHIPPING INTEREST, DONALDSON ATLANTIC LINE CIGARETTE BOX
CIRCA 1938
in chromed metal, the hinged cover inscribed DONALDSON ATLANTIC LINE, the gilt underside scratched athenia 1938, lined
Note: The SS Athenia, where this casket is possibly from, was a transatlantic passenger liner built in Glasgow, 1923, for the Donaldson Atlantic Line. She worked between the UK and Canada until 1939, when a torpedo from a German U-boat sank her. She was the first British ship sunk during WWII, with the incident accounting for the Donaldson Atlantic's greatest single loss of life, a total of 117 passengers and crew killed. The act was condemned as a war crime.
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