Britain Queen Victoria Chocolate Tin Christmas New Year Gift 1900 South Africa Boer War Cadbury'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 of the box: 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
Cadbury Brothers Limited.

FULL SIZE

2nd Boer War -1900

Item 100% original 

Condition as on the photos
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