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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: | AAB0022 |
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| Collection: | Food and related equipment |
| Type: | Tinned chocolate |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| 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: 35 mm x 231 mm x 103 mm |
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