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).
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Object Details
ID: | AAB0025 |
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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 |