{"product_id":"no-5-commando-second-world-war-cigarette-case-1941","title":"No. 5 Commando - Second World War Cigarette Case, 1941","description":"\u003cp\u003e14cm (5.5in) x 8cm (3.2in)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver. Rectangular case with engine turned decoration to the hinged lid applied with a rectangular panel engraved with the Roman numeral ‘V' over crossed fighting knives and title scroll inscribed ‘Commando’. Gilt interior fitted with patent No 302854 ‘Slipway’ for maximum ease of gasper extraction. The interior further engraved with a dedication ‘Johnny \/ from \/ Joan \/ 31.5.41’ and owners log of postings and ops, commencing ‘Far East \/ 1942\/1945’. Maker’s mark of CSG \u0026amp; Co for Charles S Green \u0026amp; Co Ltd. Hallmarked Birmingham 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. 5 Commando was raised in July 1940 took part in a couple of small-scale raids on the French coast in 1941 and contributed explosives experts to the St Nazaire Raid of March 1942, before sailing for the Far East and taking part in the landings on Madagascar. On 5 May 1942 No. 5 Commando, numbering some 365 men, carried out an amphibious assault by scaling a fifty foot cliff to attack a Vichy French coastal battery near Diego Suarez, in what was to become the first major Allied amphibious operation of the war. In the subsequent fighting 5 Commando inflicted fifty casualties on a troop French Foreign Legion. On 10 September, 5 Commando went ashore further up the coast in the face of machine gun fire to seize the docks at Majunga where they took control of the post office, severed communications, stormed the Governor's Residence and raised the Union Jack. In late 1943, 5 Commando went to India with the 3rd Special Service Brigade and subsequently took part in operations in Burma throughout 1944 and 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armoury St James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57650031755637,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7008\/3014\/files\/L1710797.jpg?v=1791889396","url":"https:\/\/armoury.co.uk\/products\/no-5-commando-second-world-war-cigarette-case-1941","provider":"The Armoury St James's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}