Britain WWI Princess Mary's Christmas Gift Tin 1914

GREAT BRITAIN: WW1 Princess Mary's Christmas 
Gift Box, 1914.
Embossed brass box that originally contained a 
variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. 
The contents of the box varied for smokers, non-
smokers and nurses and also for the various 
religious and minority groups whose tastes and 
dietary rules had to be respected. 
It was intended as a Christmas present to all 
who were serving on land or at sea, at home or 
abroad, to the prisoners of war and to the next 
of kin of the 1914 casualties. 
Distribution dragged on even beyond the 
Armistice (1918) because of the difficulties in 
distribution and sourcing both the brass and 
the contents due to the ongoing war. 
Notable is, that supplies of 45 tons of brass 
strip, destined for the production of Christmas 
Gift boxes, was lost in May 1915 when RMS 
Lusitania was sunk off Ireland on passage 
from the USA.
A number of 2.620.019 boxes were produced 
in total.
Dimensions: 13cm x 8,5cm x 3cm

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 - 1918

Item 100% original 

Condition as on the photos: Oxidation stains in 
the interior, a knock on the bottom of the box.

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