PLEASE BE AWARE, THE IMAGES BELOW SHOW A SAMPLE OF, WHAT THE TINS CONTAINED ,
TO DO AN IN DEPTH STUDY,
OF THE VARIOUS TINS DIFFERENT CONTENTS, HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS ETC,
AND AS SUCH NEED NOT BE RE- DONE HERE.................
ON THE RIGHT AND BELOW,
WE HAVE IMAGES OF, SOMETHING THAT,
MOST PEOPLE WILL RECOGNISE,
NAMELY THE,
"PRINCESS MARY CHRISTMAS 1914 XMAS, FUND TIN,
AND A SAMPLE OF THE CONTENTS ASSOCIATED ,
WITH THE TIN,
THE REASON THIS SECTION IS ON THIS WEBSITE,
IS THE FACT THAT,
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE, ARMED FORCES , RECIEVED ONE,
ARMY NAVY RFC RND.
ABOVE ARE 2 IMAGES OF THE NOW FAMOUS ".303 CALIBRE,
SILVER TOPPED PENCIL( IMAGES ENLARGED FOR CLARITY)"
LEGEND HAS IT THEY ARE MADE FROM SPEANT .303 CARTRIDGES,
IN REALITY , " THEY ARE FASHIONED FROM A BRASS TUBE CAPPED AND SHAPED TO RESSEMBLE A .303 CARTRIDGE, BEAUTIFULLY DONE NONE THE LESS,
VISIBLE IS THE ASSOCIATED "M " MONOGRAM SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN,
AS SEEN ON THE IMAGE DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT,
THE TOP OF SAID PENCIL IS USUALLY FOUND WITHOUT A HALLMARK,
SO STRICTLY SPEAKING CAN ONLY BE CALLED "WHITE METAL".
ON THE RIGHT IS A PIPE
FROM THAT ERA ,
SEEN,
ABOVE THE LIGHTER
PIPES COULD BE FOUND IN SOME OF THE CARDBOARD BOXES THE TINS AND CONTENTS CAME IN.
ON THE LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A ,
LIGHTER FROM A CHRISTMS TIN,
AGAIN WITH THE MONOGRAM,
AND "XMAS FUND 1914"
"M" SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN,
SHOW IN 2 PARTS,
("IMAGE ENLARGED FOR CLARITY")
THESE ARE BECOMING RARER TO FIND,
AND COSTS HAVE RISEN ALONG THEIR
CORISPONDING RARITY,
2 COMPARTMENTS CAN,
BE SEEN IN THE IMAGE,
ON THE KEFT,
NORMALLY THE CONTENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN,
A PENCIL , SOME WRITING PAPER,
AND SOME ENVELOPES,
IN THIS CASE IT HAS A SET OF 21,
REMOVABLE POSTCARDS AS SEEN IN IMAGE TO THE RIGHT,
ON THE RIGHT AND IN THE IMAGES, BELOW IS SOMETHING ON PAR RARITY WISE AS THE PENCIL ALREADY MENTIONED,
NAMELY THE WRITING SET/ CASE,
GIVEN TO NON SMOKERS ETC,
ALL WITH THEIR OWN, TISSUE PAPER, PROTECTIVE COVER,
AND ON THE RIGHT ,
ONE WITH THE TISSUE PAPER ,
PUT TO ONE SIDE.
