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[[File:57267555 1149926368525648 3462143630880276480 n.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dunhill, shape 42 - Root Briar, with horn stem, patent and dated from 1945.©]] | [[File:57267555 1149926368525648 3462143630880276480 n.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dunhill, shape 42 - Root Briar, with horn stem, patent and dated from 1945.©]] | ||
The Second World War was a difficult time. Rationing due to the war was so drastic that Dunhill suffered from the scarcity of raw material until the beginning of the 1950s, | The Second World War was a difficult time. Rationing due to the war was so drastic that Dunhill suffered from the scarcity of raw material until the beginning of the 1950s, several years into the post-war period. | ||
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Dunhill published catalogues annually, even during the First World War with each catalogue being more elegant than the last. There were no catalogues between 1940 and 1950. however, with the exception of two. These were catalogs of "gifts", distributed in North America circa 1943, and in Great Britain at the end of the 1940s. | Dunhill published catalogues annually, even during the First World War with each catalogue being more elegant than the last. There were no catalogues between 1940 and 1950. however, with the exception of two. These were catalogs of "gifts", distributed in North America circa 1943, and in Great Britain at the end of the 1940s. | ||