Tinned chocolate

A black chocolate tin with a hinged lid, printed in gold : ‘THE GIFT OF THE COLONIES OF TRINIDAD GRENADA & ST LUCIA TO HIS MAJESTY’S NAVAL & MILITARY FORCES’. ‘THIS CHOCOLATE IS MADE FROM COCOA GROWN IN TRINIDAD GRANADA & ST LUCIA’. The tin shows the badges of the three colonies with their mottos beneath ‘ST LUCIA - STATIO HAUD MALIFIDA CARINIS’ (a safe harbour for ships), ‘GRENADA - CLARIOR E TENEBRIS’ (lighter from darkness), ‘TRINIDAD - MISCERIQUE PROBAT POPULOS ET FOEDERA JUNGI’ (he approves of the mingling of the peoples and their bonds of union).

Object Details

ID: AAB0025
Collection: Food and related equipment
Type: Tinned chocolate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: B W & M Ltd
Events: World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: 1914-18; 1914-1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 x 230 x 100 mm