{"product_id":"prince-george-duke-of-kent-royal-presentation-cigarette-case-1933","title":"Prince George, Duke of Kent, Royal Presentation Cigarette Case, 1933","description":"\u003cp\u003e7.5cm (3in) x 10cm (4in)\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver. Of rectangular form with engine turned decoration, the hinged lid applied with the ‘G’ cypher of George, Duke of Kent, encircled by the motto of the Order of Garter (to which he was admitted in 1923) and surmounted coronet of a prince of the blood. Gilt interior. Maker’s mark of Robert Pringle \u0026amp; Sons of Clerkenwell. Contained in its original gilt tooled monogrammed presentation case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrince George (1902-1942), the fourth son of George V, was especially close to his elder brother Edward, Prince of Wales. From the late 1920s, they shared York House, a part of St. James’s Palace. Their unusual kinship of spirit included an interest in clothes, socialising, the good life, dubious company, getting into trouble and irritating the establishment, particularly the King. From the mid-’20s to the mid-’30s, the princely bachelors were style arbiters and favourites of the social pages on both sides of the Atlantic. Despite his own chequered reputation, Edward seems to have been given the task of reining in his tearaway brother. George played the piano well, spoke French and Italian, liked fast cars, preferred skiing and sailing to shooting, possessed a clear streak of narcissism, and had a dangerous taste for adventure. It is known that George like many members of the elite flirted with fascism in the 1930s and that he served as an unofficial emissary during his brother’s brief reign to Prince Phillipp von Hessen, a distant relative and a Nazi go-between. Moreover George’s activities caused the Met Police Commissioner Sir Philip Game to instruct Chief Inspector David Storrier to report back on contact with Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German ambassador, and other Nazi officials. Though a naval officer by training, George was killed on 25 August 1942, in an aeroplane crash at Eagles Rock, near Dunbeath, Scotland while on active service with the RAF.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armoury St James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57508280205685,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7008\/3014\/files\/L1700854.jpg?v=1787056371","url":"https:\/\/armoury.co.uk\/products\/prince-george-duke-of-kent-royal-presentation-cigarette-case-1933","provider":"The Armoury St James's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}