AN INSANELY RARE WWII CHOCOLATE GIFT TIN ISSUED TO THE SA TROOPS IN THE WAR IN 1940 BY JAN SMUTS

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MANY OF OUR SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS WERE SENT OUT TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR II AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN GIFTS AND COMFORTS COMMITTEE ISSUED EACH SOLDIERS WITH A GIFT SUCH AS THIS AMAZING TIN FOR CHRISTMAS IN 1940 WITH A SLAB OF CHOCOLATE. THE TRADITION HAD BEEN STARTED YEARS BEFORE WHERE QUEEN VICTORIA AND LATER KING GEORGE'S FACES WERE USED ON THE TINS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER'S HEAD WAS USED ON THE TIN, I.E. JAN SMUTS.  

THE COVER OF THE BOX HAS THE INSCRIPTION "GREETINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA" AND "WE RELY ON YOU AND ARE GRATEFUL" (IN BOTH ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS). THE INSIDE LID HAD "WITH BEST WISHES FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN GIFTS AND COMFORTS COMMITTEE, CHRISTMAS 1940" INSCRIBED ON IT ALSO IN ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS.