Britain Queen Victoria Chocolate Tin Christmas New Year Gift 1900 South Africa Boer War Rowntree's Type

Great Britain: Queen Victoria Chocolate Tin Box.
This tin box was distributed in 1899 as a gift of 
Queen Victoria to each and every one of her 
soldiers and officers serving at the time in South 
Africa during the Boer War. 
On the lid: The portrait of Queen Victoria with the 
inscription "South Africa 1900" and in the Queen's 
handwriting "I wish you a happy New Year". 
Signed "Victoria Reg". 
The box contained half-pound of vanilla chocolate 
produced by either one of the 3 British main 
chocolate manufacturers: J. S. Fry & Sons, Cadbury 
Brothers Limited and Rowntree &Company Limited- 
all 3 of them refused to accept payment for the order 
and donated the chocolate instead. 
The box was designed by Barclay and Fry Limited in 
Southwark and the cost was funded by the Queen 
herself. Each Chocolate producer used different firms 
to supply the tins, hence there are variations in their 
dimensions, the shade of coloring and the portrait of 
the Queen. 
By the end of 1900 a total of 123.000 tin boxes were 
manufactured.
This is the type of the tin that was used by Rowntree.

FULL SIZE

2nd Boer War -1900

Item 100% original 

Condition as on the photos
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