Lid, emergency ration kit box

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0013.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Steel; paper adhesive label.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.2 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Personal gear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945).
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: Cover for box .1; sealed with box as single unit but could be opened by removing metal strip between the two parts using a turn key.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Raised lettering reads: "EMERGENCY/RATION/PURPOSE OF CONTENTS/TO BE CONSUMED ONLY WHEN/NO OTHER RATIONS OF ANY KIND/ARE PROCURABLE/TO OPEN/STRIP OFF BAND INSERT COIN IN/CORNER GROOVE AND TURN/NOTICE: NOT TO BE OPENED EXCEPT.BY ORDER OF AN OFFICER"; printed lettering on adhesive label reads: "BOVRIL, LTD. W/E. [illeg.]".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Exterior has brass-coloured coating.
Decoration: None.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lid, emergency ration kit box, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2010.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2010.0013.002/

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