RANGERS F.C. VS. ARSENAL F.C., SILVER PRESENTATION CIGARETTE CASKET
20TH SEPTEMBER 1933

of oblong form, the engine turned cover with inscription PRESENTED BY RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB ON THE OCCASION OF THE MATCH BETWEEN ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB English League Champions AND THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB Scottish League Champions AT IBROX PARK 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1933., cedar lined interior with divider, Birmingham hallmarked sterling silver

Note: This important silver casket was presented to an Arsenal player to mark the 1st leg of the British Championship tie vs. Arsenal. Rangers won this tie 2-0, and then defeated Arsenal again 3-1 at Highbury to emerge as British Champions.

We can now confirm this would have been presented to an Arsenal player as per the following excerpt from Jeff Holmes book, The Greatest Ranger Ever? David Meiklejohn,

'After a thoroughly competitive game, played in a great spirit, the players adjourned to the St. Enoch Station Hotel for dinner and speeches. Each Arsenal player received a silver cigarette case and Sir Samuel Hill Wood, the Arsenal Chairman, said, 'We've seen footballwhich we are not in the habbit of witnessing in England. In fact, we've been taught a mouthful!''

16cm wide