A Christmas present presented to the English football manager Terence Hanney by V.f.B Stuttgart in 1924, in the form of a white metal and blue enamel

A Christmas present presented to the English football manager Terence Hanney by V.f.B Stuttgart in 1924, in the form of a white metal and blue enamel cigarette case, the lid initialled TH, the gilt interior with German inscription and dated Christmas 1924, 9 by 8cm. Hanney as a player famously won a gold medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games before playing for Manchester City, Brentford, Coventry City and Reading. He then went in management in German football and steered Stuttgart to the very first title in their history in 1927, before moving to FC Wacker Munich.