Left to right: hand-hammered silver cigarette box, tobacco box, and cigar box
Each box is lined in cedar wood
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Cigarette box, manufactured by FHW and Carl Weishaupt of Munich
Loose pipe tobacco box, also by FHW
Cigar box, also by the Munich silversmiths, FHW
Each box bears a silver monogram. It differs to the type seen most frequently on the cigar and cigarette boxes. I suspect it was an early variation; created before the smoking set monogram became more uniform and standardized. Regardless, each one i
“The pieces originated from Adolf Hitler’s residence (the Berghof), and were placed on the tables during the official receptions.” Ex-housekeeper at the Berghof, Josefa Guggenbichler, 22 October 1985.
Berghof housekeeper, Josefa Guggenbichler, pictured in 1936.
“I frequently had to serve at state receptions and also when Adolf Hitler received guests, and on these occasions this smoking set was offered.” Hitler’s valet and member of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Schneider. The cigar cutter and
This exact set is featured in a Collector’s Guide to Liberated Adolf Hitler Memorabilia , published in 1986 by Mark Griffith, M.D. – just one year after it was acquired from a family in Königssee, near Berchtesgaden.
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The set was also featured in Johnson’s War Booty book, together with the cigar cutter and matchbox – which are now in another collection. 
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