This guitar came with the original hard shell case. The case is medium brown on the outside but plad blue and brown inside. It has NEVER been played or even plugged in as none of us even know how. I can't find any serial numbers at all but she recalls them taking it off of the "line" and handing it to her. She said that people all over the room were playing different guitars and that it was truly amazing to watch people working with their hands and ears in unison. How I wish I was born in the '40's!