Field ration D. Chocolate bar of 4 ounces in waxed carton box. Produced by Peter Kohler Swiss Chocolates Co. The bar is a slightly bloated but excellent for display. Original rations and D bars are becoming exceedingly hard to find. Very good condition.
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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 is a bit loose in places but the package is still nice. This was the most popular brand among GI's. Very good condition.
Soluble coffee can. Second type small can with plug lid from early C ration. Marked J.L.Kellogg on the lid. The can seems unopened but the contents has probably dried out. This is a hard to find ration item. Also see photo of a complete C ration with a similar type of can (from kration.info)....
Ration, type D. 4 ounce chocolate bar in printed cellophane wrapper. This is the USAAF emergency version which had three bars to a carton. The bar is in great shape, has its full weight and is perfect for display. The cellophane is not deteriorated. This is a very rare ration item that is...
Orbit chewing gum. Full package with five sticks of peppermint flavored 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). Orbit produced only two flavors of gum: fruit and...
Orbit chewing gum. Full package with five sticks of fruit flavored 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). Orbit produced only two flavors of gum: fruit and...
Orbit chewing gum; Full package with five sticks of fruit flavored 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 which is explained in the backside of the wrapper (also see additional photos). This...
Chiclets chewing gum. Unopened package which contains twelve Peppermint flavour candy coated pieces of gum. Typical wartime production with the window printed on and not see-though as all cellophane was reserved for the war effort. Very good condition.
Assorted Charms, fruit candy roll. GI's favorite! These have the 1940 copyright date on the full color wrapper but were produced until 1944. In 1944 the new beige color wrapper was introduced. See also WWII photo of confections were the beige candy roll (named Fruit Drops) is shown in the...
One fruit candy Charms in its original cellophane. GI's favorite! Very good condition.
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.
10-in-1 ration, Menu No. 1 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. It has a stain (priced accordingly). Also see last photo of wartime Army publication on rations. Good condition.