Transcribed from the cigarette package:
"Seit jeher sind die J◊B-erzeugnisse wegen der mustergültigen tabakmischungen und der ausgesucht feinen cigarettenpapiere in aller welt berühmt. Nach der wieder-eröffnung des Strassburger betriebes werden die J◊B-cigaretten wie vordem in bewährter qualität hergestellt."
Translated:
"The J◊B products have always been famous all over the world because of the excellent tobacco mixes and the choice of fine cigarette papers. After the reopening of the Strassburg plant, the J◊B cigarettes are manufactured in the same quality as before."
As I noted earlier:
Underneath the white paper seal, somebody carefully opened the red paper packaging and peaked inside. The yellow seal underneath ("
original fabrik verschluss" = original factory lock or fastener) is also carefully cut. None of the cigarettes are missing and the packaging is fully intact. This could have occurred any time over the past 79 years, so I am not too worried. I am very tempted to rehydrate the cigarettes using a slice of apple in a plastic bag and smoke some, but I will resist the temptation (for now).
"20 Schwarze Cigaretten" = 20 Black Cigarettes
Stasbourg (Germ; Strassburg) is actually just across the border in France, so I am assuming a German occupied plant produced these cigarettes. Very interesting, and would have been considered high grade cigarettes. The
"After the reopening of the Strassburg plant" is really quite funny... it really should read:
"After occupying the Strasbourg plant with little armed resistance"... :
A google search revealed that "JOB" was an established company in France producing tobacco and tobacco paper products:
"JOB is a brand of cigarette paper and a cigarette brand founded in 1849 by Jean Bardou and the Journet family, then taken over by his son Pierre Bardou. Today it is a brand of Republic Technologies, which is part of Republic Tobacco, an international group based in Chicago, USA."
