Tin

A rectangular tin with a hinged lid depicting the leaders of the allies during the First World War. It is decorated with portraits of President Poincaré, the Mikado of Japan, HIM the Czar of Russia and HM King of the Belgians all within laurel wreaths with national flags behind and also field guns, a battleship and an aircraft.

Object Details

ID: AAB0044
Collection: Food and related equipment
Type: Tin
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War I, 1914-1918
Date made: circa 1918
People: King Albert I of Belgium; Poincaré, Raymond Nicholas Landry King George V Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Emperor Taishō of Japan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements: Overall: 105 x 156 x 97 mm