PRESENTED TO MEDICAL DOCTOR. THIS BEAUTIFUL SILVER BOX WAS PRESENTED TO. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS A TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM BY HIS COLLEAGUES. ETCHED SKILFULLY ON THE LID IS EUGENIAS HOME, ONCE A SCHOOL AND NURSING HOME IN. FOR POOR, TERMINALLY ILL AND DISABLED CHILDREN, FOUNDED BY PRINCESS. WERE CHARITY DRIVEN INSTITUTIONS, IN OPERATION FROM THE 1800s TO THE 1960s, FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. THE WORD ALSO MEANS CRIPPLES OR LAME. THE LID OF THE BOX HAS A SMALL HANDLE SET WITH A CABOCHON GARNET STONE SET IN GOLD. THE FRONT PANEL OF BOX IS STYLISHLY ENGRAVED IN SWEDISH. HOSPITAL MEDICAL DOCTOR M. VANFÖREANSTALTEN I HÄLSINGBORG 7/11 1898 10/1 1913. HOME FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN HELSINGBORG, NOV. LEDAMOT I DESS STYRELSE 7/11 1898 16/8 1915. MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOV. STYRELSENS ORDFÖRANDE 31/10 1911 16/8 1915. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. INSIDE THE LID OF THE BOX IS A SILVER PANEL, ENGRAVED WITH A DEDICATION OF ESTEEM IN SWEDISH AND THE ENGRAVED SIGNATURES OF DR. EN ENKEL GÄRD AV DEN TACKSAMHET, I VILKEN VI UNDERTECKNADE, ÄVENSOM ÖVRIGA VÄNNER TILL VANFÖRESAKEN VETA OSS STA TILL EDER, FÖR NITISKT VÄLSIGNELSEBRINGANDE SENT FÖRGÄTET ARBETE, TILL FROMMA FÖR HÄLSINGBORGS VANFÖREANSTALT. A SIMPLE MEASURE OF GRATITUDE, WHICH WE SIGNED, AS WELL AS OTHER FRIENDS OF THE DISABLED CHILDRENS HOMES, KNOW US FIRST TO YOU, EARNESTLY BENIFICENT OF LATE FORGOTTEN WORK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF HELSINGBORGS DISABLED CHILDREN’S HOME. THE INSIDE OF THE BOX IS LINED AT THE BOTTOM AND SIDES WITH WOOD, DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS. SWEDISH HALLMARKS STAMPED ON SIDE OF LEFT LID: G. (MAKER = GULDSMEDS AKTIEBOLAGET), STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 1915. THE BOX MEASURES 8. LONG x 3.5 TALL x 5. BOX WEIGHS 4 LBS, 3.2 OZS. We are available Monday – Friday 9:30am-5:30pm EST. Included in the item price or. The item “1915 SWEDEN SILVER MEDICAL DOCTOR ESTEEM DEDICATION HUMIDOR” is in sale since Wednesday, February 15, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Tobacciana\Cigars\Humidors\Antique & Vintage”. The seller is “antique-collectables” and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.
