French Army 1940s Iconic GAULOISES CAPORAL PACKS ~ Original Vintage Packaging ~ Made for the French Army ~ fashion Fine Addition to a Collection

Gauloises was launched by SEITA in 1910. Traditional Gauloises were short, wide, unfiltered and made with dark tobaccos from Syria and Turkey which produced a strong and distinctive aroma.
The brand is most famous for its cigarettes' strength, especially in its original unfiltered version.
Between the World Wars the smoking of Gauloises in France was considered patriotic and an affiliation with French "heartland" values.
The brand was associated with the cigarette-smoking poilu (a slang term for the French infantryman in the trenches) and the resistance fighters during the Vichy Regime.
In 1939–1940 some packets of cigarettes were given a distinctive " troop brand "
The brand also linked to high-status and inspirational figures representing the worlds or art – Pablo Picasso, the elite intellectual – Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Jean Baudrillard, musicians like French pianist and composer Maurice Ravel, The Doors singer Jim Morrison, The Beatles guitarist and composer John Lennon : they smoke Gauloises.

Reference Number : GC

Period : Authentic Original Vintage : from the 1940s

Style : Cigarettes : 2 packs of 20

Maker : Gauloises Caporal : made in France

Details : 40 Unsmoked Cigarettes in Original Vintage Packaging - Iconic Winged Gallic Helmet Logo designed by Jacno - Unfiltered - The Packs are Sealed / Unopened

These packages were distributed to the French Army soldiers : Cigarettes de Troupe was the name that was used by the tobacco company to distinguish the fashion quality of tobacco delivered to the soldiers of the French army, in order to boost the morale of troops during the war. It is known in France for a tobacco brown, a rather bitter taste

Perfect New/Old Stock (NOS) Condition : New from the past decades : Never been smoked

Package Dimensions : 2.3/4 x 2.1/4 inches