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MEDITERRANEAN PIPELINE 1931 - 1934 CIGARETTE CASE

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $500

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Silver cigarette case commemorating the 1931-34 construction of the Iraqi Petroleum Company’s oil pipeline between Kirkuk oil fields in Iraq and Haifa (at the time a Palestinian port). Engraved with a highly detailed pipeline map, the obverse bears a fine engraving of a scene of a boat on an Iraqi river, most likely Tigris in Mosul, with a large mosque in the background. No hallmarks.

Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in., (11.5 x 8 cm.)

Condition: Very good