HVS Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) I have been gifted a box without provenance - does anyone know anything about this item please? Very heavy - weighs 12 kilos - I think it's an iron box - dark green paint on metal box with lock. Front has "Ministry of Food Emergency Box 3" painted in white and inside the lid "HH Martyn & Co George VI 1939". I know the history of this company and that they made items for the government and military at that time. Box size is 18 x 13 x 111 inches and has simple metal handles on either side. The box seems too heavy to be used to store any item of food, I am thinking perhaps records or ration books? I have taken photographs. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you HVSPENCER Edited September 16, 2020 by HVS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hello, Welcome to MCN.....we hope we can assist you with this superb tin box. What a great collectors item......Keep It....!!! A wonderful Box and many thanks for showing us on MCN....It seems like a container for possibly food rations, maybe to the Armed Forces abroad and dropped in a container by parachute? But allowing all information given- just a container for the British people in bombed out areas full of tins of food etc....Sorry I can't help anymore. But a Lovely Tin Box. IanB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVS Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Thank you for the welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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