Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside wooden block houses In which case

In which case

I purchased this piece in a very badly tarnished state—in part because I could not resist the fabulous fox head

like an arched window

Plus red linen trousers held up with buttoned straps

Trench Art Engraved Aluminum Case with Nudes Inside wooden block houses In which caseHard to photograph this one due to the shine, but quite a treasure I think a trench art piece, mid 20th c. I believe, which I believe would have functioned as a cigarette case, with a strap on side of the interior for holding them in. The hand engraved exterior is fun man in loin cloth with stallion as if straight out of a romance novel on one side, young woman with beach ball on the other but it's the erotic nudes on the interior that really make it;