Have 6(well 5 now) ration tins, I sacrificed one to document the contents and share with those interested. If you would like the original higher resolutions photos PM me.
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Have 6(well 5 now) ration tins, I sacrificed one to document the contents and share with those interested. If you would like the original higher resolutions photos PM me.
Brave man opening that can.
Interesting items there.
The MRE of their day! When was the tin produced?
Yes, Very interesting. They must have depended a lot on high energy food like choclate. Made me thirsty looking at those rations and I do not mean an adult beverage..
The chocolate and other items in these 'emergency' or 'lifeboat' rations contained no (or very little salt) so that you wouldn't fancy a drink afterwards unlike everyday chocolate. They seem to last for ages so I wouldn't mind betting that yours would still be perfectly edible. My old friend who died recently told me when I was looking into them that the last time he ever saw them issued was as 'operations' kit during ops in Korea where they could be used for escapers and evaders.
As a matter of interest, our now obsolete ration packs also contained chocolate bars that tasted 'different' to what was available in the shops (Yorkie bars.......) These were salt free too
The same VERY limited saline content also applies currently to the drinks, especially the powdered variety if anyone's ever wondered why they taste nothing like anything in the commercial world
What! No smokes. No *** wipe. Do you have a date assigned to the rations?
Mind you I wouldn't want to be the poor chap who'se lost most of his gear and is trying to get the bloody can open by banging it on a rock or something .... While evading the enemy....
Ours were in airtight sealed tins with an easy wrap seal. I've got a UK/Army 1951 dated one here, the size of a tobacco tin/cleaning kit tin. I'll open it one day!
Here is one dated September, 1943. It has not been opened.
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