Vintage RARE Gauloises French Cigarette package, WWII era lieutenant's souvenir

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Vintage RARE Gauloises French Cigarette Package, WWII era lieutenant's souvenir. "Series D G2B." Original empty Gauloises Caporal package brought home by a Tennessee lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Force in Europe during and after the war. He was in France had used this to store & cushion some tiny wartime souvenirs. Condition is good for its age (see photos). Will be packaged carefully to avoid damage. Measures 2.5 by 3.5 inches.HistoryGauloises brand was launched in 1910. Traditional Gauloises were short, wide, unfiltered and made with dark tobaccos from Syria and Turkey which produced a strong and distinctive aroma. The brand is most famous for its cigarettes' strength, especially in its original unfiltered version. Forty years later, filtered Gauloises cigarettes debuted. In 1984, the Gauloises brand was expanded to include a light, American-type tobacco with a filter. The original non-filter, Gauloises Caporal, have been discontinued and replaced with Gauloises Brunes, which are also filterless but less strong. Gauloises Brunes have low tar and nicotine levels, because of European tobacco laws, but the tobacco is still dark and strong-tasting. As of 2018, the Gauloises cigarettes are produced in Poland after the last manufacturing plant in Riom , Puy-de-Dôme closed its doors in the end of 2017.Between the World Wars the smoking read more

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