An old brass box

The Princess Mary Christmas gift box was a brass tin containing  twenty cigarettes, an ounce of pipe tobacco, a pipe, a Christmas card and a photograph of Princess Mary. It was intended  that it be distributed to all members of the armed forces of the British Empire at Christmas 1914, during World War I.
According to my good friend Prof. Google, The boxes were originally intended for "every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front" on Christmas day 1914, but eligibility was soon extended to everyone "wearing the King's uniform on Christmas day".  Around 400,000 were delivered by Christmas, but distribution was not completed until 1920, by which time approximately 2.5 million had been delivered.