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A commemorative Queen Victorian…
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Melbourne
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21-Jul-2024
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A commemorative Queen Victorian Cadbury Brother's Limited chocolate tin, 1900, issued to 120 000 British troops serving in the Boer War as a morale boosting gesture, an embossed tin with a portrait medallion of Queen Victoria on a red ground with a blue edge, the royal cypher 'Vri', and the inscription, 'South Africa 1900', with cursive script reading: 'I wish you a happy New Year Victoria R', with original Cadbury Brothers Limited chocolate contents and packing materials, 16 x 8 cm, Note, Cadbury Brothers Limited and other British chocolate makers, Rowntree and Fry's also participated in the patriotic scheme. All Quaker owned, and not wanting to compromise their pacifist beliefs and profit from the venture, the companies donated the chocolate.
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Unclassified