1945 Oran, Africa (Algeria) Leather Wallet with Wonderfully Ernest Hand-drawn Nude Iranian 2 1/2" w x 2

2 1/2" w x 2 1/8" t measured on the square and in very good condition

" I've pasted the full poem below

There appear to be three hairline cracks in the base

but it's his terrific blue and red polka dotted paint job that immediately sold me

Plenty of old stains

1945 Oran, Africa (Algeria) Leather Wallet with Wonderfully Ernest Hand-drawn Nude Iranian 2 1/2" w x 2With a bit of searching, I've actually found a few other examples of leather wallets (I think actually cigarette cases) with hand tooled and hand drawn designs on their fronts, made in Oran 1943 45 (in WW2 the city, on the NW coast of Algeria, was one of the landing points for the first American action in the Europe North Africa theatre, and I have to guess this wallet travelled back to the U. S. with a soldier stationed there). No others I have found