Empty tin with yellow paper label and 'Rowntrees Cocoa' in relief on lid and base. Part of a collection of items which were never sent but used at the POW Exhibitions which were held during the Second World War.
Maker and role
Rowntree and Co Ltd: Manufacturer
Production date
1939-1945
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Label may well be original material mounted on yellow paper onto which missing text is written in places. Of the type sent to prisoners of war during the Second World War in Joint War Organisation parcels.
Collection Type
Objects
Inscription
Printed: ROWNTREE'S COCOA, THE MEALTIME DRINK THAT IS A FOOD ASWELL, B.R.C.S., NET WEIGHT QUARTER POUND:
on label at front
on label at front
Catalogue Number
H/PAR/2002/1
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