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THE OTHER WW1 CHRISTMAS TIN..............................


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THE OTHER CHRISTMAS WW1 TIN..............

definitely WW1 but not as well known as the princess Mary tin,
the photos show the top of the tin,
and the insides including the original paper wrapping the chocolate was in,
the others show where the cigarettes/matches went,...
as on the end you have a match striker,
the inside of the lid shows it was made by Roundtree's of York ,
this I know is definitely ww1, and other examples have been seen,
in museums , but the princess Mary tin takes the lions share.............

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it was given out one Christmas that I do know .

but not as famous as the princess Mary tin,

I have seen examples in other museums, I can assure you it is ww1

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Here's a similar one I found , this one is dated 1915 at the bottom, perhaps this was the Kings version of the Princess Mary Tin from the following year. I wonder why there are so few of them compared to the Princess Mary tins.

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Here's a similar one I found , this one is dated 1915 at the bottom, perhaps this was the Kings version of the Princess Mary Tin from the following year. I wonder why there are so few of them compared to the Princess Mary tins.

hi Kenny,

thanks for that its nice to know that I was right,

I've no idea why there aren't that many around ,

a lot of people said to me it wasn't ww1 even though I knew it was !

some people when you find something that doesn't fit into their cosy version of something,

can bluster and pontificate till they go blue in the face?

ive always called it the unknown tin,

I suppose it could be because this tin is steel ,

and the princess mary tin is brass the other tins just rotted away?

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Yes I must admit , initially I thought it was just a patriotic tin.However after doing some research I think you might have stumbled upon something that very little is known about. The fact the one posted above is dated 1915 makes them very interesting. I agree that because they are steel that's why perhaps so few survived.There also were probably not as many made, and the brass ones were so iconic everyone would have kept theirs.They probably did not receive so much publicity either as the brass one came from Princess Mary and her fund.

 

I can find no further information on these tins whatsoever. I did manage to find this picture of one complete with the cigarette fitting.

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