Original U.S. Pre WWII Era Engraved Sterling Silver Cigarette Case By Elgin America Presented To WWI DSC Recipient Captain Fred Adams by the Virginia Military Institute in 1927 German Afrikakorp The reverse has another "King's

The reverse has another "King's Crown" over the GRI monogram (George Rex Imperator) of King George V

it is maker marked on the back in German Fraktur type by a company that we cannot find much information on:

There is no date that we can find on either the optic or the case

such as spalling

and bears a different marker mark in the center of the bottom

Original U.S. Pre WWII Era Engraved Sterling Silver Cigarette Case By Elgin America Presented To WWI DSC Recipient Captain Fred Adams by the Virginia Military Institute in 1927 German Afrikakorp The reverse has another "King'sOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was founded in 1839 as America's first state military college and is the oldest public senior military college in the United States. In keeping with its founding principles and unlike any other senior military college in the United States, VMI enrolls cadets only and awards bachelor's degrees exclusively. The institute