Lucky Strike cigarettes. Full package with grey paper inner wrapper. The blue tax label has series 112 indicating the package is from 1942. The cellophane has split due to age but overall the package is in great shape. Lucky Strike was the most popular brand among GI's. Very good condition.
Second half of 5 rations box, menu #2. Part of the 10-in-1 ration. Complete with all its flaps. This box was found in Normandy recentlydy. Very good condition.
Second half of 5 rations box, menu #2. Part of the 10-in-1 ration. Complete with all its flaps and the inside is a bit dusty. This box was found in Normandy recentlydy. Very good condition.
10-in-1 ration box Menu #3 sleeve section. Sleeves that were around 10-in-1 ration boxes are super hard to find. They were discarded, used or burnt up. The rarity is such that it warrants a place in a collection. The pice is nice for display and will look great framed. Very good condition.
10-in-1 ration, Menu No. 5 leaflet. Small leaflet that was in the 1st half of 5 rations boxes of the 10-in-1 ration. These are extremely hard to find on the loose. Also see last photo of wartime Army publication on rations. Very good condition.
Tablet of chewing gum straight from the box. Early war production with aluminum foil inner wrapper. Later in the war the inner wrapper was made of waxed paper because all metals went to the war production. Also see photo of 1940 advertisement of this exact gum package. Superb for display. This...
Single stick of Spearmint flavour gum with mid war waxed paper inner wrapper. Similar sticks but with brown wrapper were also in K rations. Excellent condition.
Single stick of gum with mid war waxed paper inner wrapper. Also see wartime Clark's advertisement. Excellent condition.
Single stick of gum with mid war red paper inner wrapper. The red inner wrapper sticks of gum are hard to find because Wrigley's discontinued the production in favor of the lesser quality Orbit brand due to limited supplies of ingredients. Excellent condition.
Single stick of Spearmint flavoured chewing gum. Early war production indicated by the use of aluminum foil inner wrapper. Later on these materials were reserved for the war effort. Superb for display. Also see photo of 1940 advertisement. Excellent condition.
Matchbook from K ration. Typically for K ration matches it only has one row of ten matches. K ration items are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Also see photo of K ration with similar matchbook. Very good condition.
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Single stick of Peppermint flavor gum. Orbit was introduced by Wrigley's when the company could no longer produce their own types of gum due to limited supplies of ingredients (see additional photos). This is the later production when the sticks were packaged in a single waxed paper. Excellent...