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Child's ration book (A), Ministry of Food
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Child's ration book (A), Ministry of Food
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Booklet of coupons to prove entitlement to rationed portions of meat, tea, bacon, butter & margarine, lard and sugar. In this instance most of the coupons have been used. Those that remain show that they were printed in different colours for different products on a decorative foliage background.

Printed in August 1918. "Nov." on the cover indicates this was probably for use in November 1918.

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Keywords: World War One
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