commercials and arms / army

[gp]

Based upon the husar topic, where I found a smoking add :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...2&postcount=23

hereby some more:

First one is a newspaper commercial from the Habsburg Austrian era 1915, I recently purchased

the second a post card from the Caucasus

Do some forum members also have similar items ?

[gp]

Another one from 1918/19 by a cigarette and tobacco company called Murad

[Rick]

Originally Posted by gp

Another one from 1918/19 by a cigarette and tobacco company called Murad

I used to smoke those when I was a youth along with Balkan Sobranie and De Rezke brands.

They could be purchased in downtown Boston at Ehrlich tobacconists.

[gp]

Where the first pic showed Austrian WWI soldiers with a crate of ciggies, some additional info.
Since the Austrian / Habsburgian Empire took over Bosnia & Hercegowina in 1878, they incorporated the Ottoman sword into the offical Coat of Arms of Bosnia & Hercegovina.

As the tobaaco of the Hercegovina ( Herzegovina Flor) was one of the best, the exploitation went without saying very well...

Hereby some brands with some fancy "Orientalism" display or lay out (obviously for commercial reasons...)

[gp]

some more, from WWI, WWII and 2 pics from Nam with the last a package of cigarettes from Private R J Barry, 6 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

[gp]

a few more from Austria, the Middle East and the last a British brand called Gurkha Cigars

[gp]

Originally Posted by Rick

I used to smoke those when I was a youth along with Balkan Sobranie and De Rezke brands.

They could be purchased in downtown Boston at Ehrlich tobacconists.

although nothing to do with the topic, nevertheless a very interesting brand and fellow "De Rezke"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Reszke#