Twelve roll up cigarettes

Production date
1939-1945
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Description
Twelve roll up cigarettes kept in an empty Rowntrees cocoa powder tin, without its label. The tin is identified by the imprinted slogan on the lid: 'The Nourishing Food That Aids Digestion.'
Collection Type
Objects
History
Cigarettes and cocoa were included in food parcels sent by the Joint War Organisation.
Inscription
The Nourishing Food That Aids Digestion: Rowntree and Co Ltd, manufacturer
lid
Catalogue Number
3055/92
Associated Person and Role
Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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Associated Person
Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Object Types

cigarettes Relief Work

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