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I have a nickel plated German soldiers Cigarette case. I don't want to sell it, however I would be happy to return it to his family. To do this I will need some help which may be available here.

The case is wartime or just prewar, with an embossed Nazi emblem of Swastika and eagle on its front.

Etched on the inside is the soldiers name: Eitel Shultze, 'Bulach' Diemling. Underneath his address details are etched the words 'Donaves Shingen'

I have Googled Deimling it is in Baden Wurtenburg. It is a very small village. The name 'Bulach' may be a farm or perhaps a house.

Any help or advise would be most welcome.

PS; The Gigarette case has been in Somerset England since 1945.

probably a wartofee stolen from a pow or body i presume,so be carefull if you even find the relatives

Seb

Thank you Sabastian. It is second hand to me and I heed your words. I was two years of age at the time and can bare no guilt relating to its finding. If it was my father's then I would want it back. Follow the thread and we shall see?

i did not mean anything bad or harmfull in my post,but i hope you will succeed in your "quest",just saying ...

cheers

Just wondering if "Donaves Shingen" should read "Donaueschingen"?

- Hans

Hello, i have to say i like the idea to try to give it back.

What really could help is a picture of the item, to have a look on the writings.

For example im pretty sure the name is misread, "Shultze" must be Schultze. Also,
the first name "Eitel" is very, very unique. Either this is a misreading too, or a very
good lead towards its former owner.

Finally i agree with Hans, Donaueschingen sound right, its a a town in southern germany.

Thank you all for your kind and helpful comments with this. I will get some images done and posted it here.

I have at last managed to upload an image of thr cig case.

I would say the picture throws up more questions as it answers

The edging was to 100&% done by a non german, the "Shultze" is an americanized spelling of
the common german name Schultze. Same goes for the town Donaueschingen with the missing "c".

If you ask me for my opinion and not for facts, i would say this item is a souvenir of
an US soldier with german ancestors. All 3 towns or villages, Donaueschingen, Bulach
and Diemling, lie within the former US zone of occupation after 1945.

Maybe he was stationed at these places, visited them to find relatives of his german
side of the family, or had a vacation there when he purchased that item on a
black market. Hard to say after such a long time.

Thank you for the useful info. I will just leave the item on here to see what comes up. Your explanation probably also explains the perhaps, 'non German' Christian name of the person?