Insert 12a— Thursday, December 21, 1944

Cardboard fragment (2.5” x 7”in.) of a 20‐cigarette carton produced by the German tobacco company, Waldorf‐Astoria, in Hamburg, Germany. The Waldorf Astoria company was established on January 1, 1906. In 1929, it was acquired by Reemtsma, another German cigarette manufacturer. Cartons of Echt Orient No. 5 were distributed by the Wehrmacht to German troops during the war.

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