A "Boer War Chocolate Box" A Gift TIn Commissioned By Queen Victoria During the Second Boer War (1899–1902) to Provide Chocolate for Ordinary Soldiers,

A "Boer War chocolate box" refers to a gift tin commissioned by Queen Victoria during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) to provide chocolate for ordinary soldiers, a morale-boosting gesture from the monarch to her troops fighting in South Africa. The chocolate was donated by three Quaker chocolate manufacturers—Cadbury, Fry's, and Rowntree—who refused payment as pacifists and to avoid profiting from the war. The tins themselves were paid for by the Queen and were specially designed with rounded corners for easy storage in a soldier's knapsack

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