L CPL Whelen of No.1 Commando Hong Kong’s cigarette case

A late nineteenth century Chinese made silver cigarette case presented to Lance Corporal Whelen, from the Officers of No.1 Commando Hong Kong, April 1946.

From Wikipedia: “No.1 Commando was raised in 1940 from the ranks of the existing independent companies. Operationally they carried out a series of small scale cross channel raids and spearheaded the Operation Torch landings in North Africa. They were then sent to the India as part of the 3rd Commando Brigade and took part in operations in the Burma Campaign. After the war they were sent to reoccupy Hong Kong before being amalgamated with No. 5 Commando to form No. 1/5 Commando. The amalgamated No. 1/5 Commando was disbanded in 1947.”