ECL-O.173-2019
Parts
Object number
ECL-O.173-2019
Object type
Identification
Title
Collection of four Great War ration books
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Great War ration books
Description
Content (description)
Collection of four partly used Great War Ministry of Food ration books for James Allen of Kelveden Common, issued from the Food Office of Ongar and dated September 1918, each with tear-out counterfoils printed in different patterned colours for lard, butter & margarine, sugar, jam, meat etc., with stamps of butchers and food suppliers on the reverse of each book.
With letter from the Ministry of Food in original envelope addressed to Miss S. A. Bowring, Liphook.
With letter from the Ministry of Food in original envelope addressed to Miss S. A. Bowring, Liphook.
Content (event)
World War, 1914-1918
Dimensions
height (actual size): 108mm
width (actual size): 127mm
width (actual size): 127mm
Material
paper
Production
Date
1918
History and association
Associated organisation
Eton College (Purchaser)
Object history note
Purchased from John Marrin Rare Books.