Enamel advertising board for Belgian cigarette brand Tigra. - Enamel sign - Tigra King Size - Enamel

enamel advertising board from the iconic Belgian cigarette brand Tigra

The board is equipped with a splendid clear image of Angelina Saey (1933-1979).

Angelina Saey was a model in Antwerp and was from Latvia.
She posed as a tiger girl for the packaging of the cigarette brand Tigra.
She was also wearing the black mask on the face of manufacturer Belga.

It was the American artist Al Moore who was hired by the manufacturer Vander Elst to immortalize her.
In the 1950s and 1960s, she grew into a sex symbol.
In 1979, she was found in her villa in Brasschaat by her husband, diamond dealer Jozef De Roeck, and their two sons.
She was lying in a large pool of blood with a noose around her neck.
A second autopsy revealed that it was murder, disguised as suicide.
However, the murder was never solved.

The dimensions are 33 x 44 cm.

Has super bright colors and a beautiful shine.

The board is of very good and heavy quality, weighing 2.5 kilos.

Bottom right marked Belge.T.P.B.4/3/89

See the photos to make a good impression.