WW1 British, original ‘pack-filler’, Comforts Tea and Sugar tin.

Was £55 now £45

After the war, reflecting on the Allied victory, some authors cited the restorative effects of tea as part of a winning strategy.
In 1921, British neurologist M. Allen Starr noted: ‘During the war English troops were freely supplied with tea and carried it instead of water in their canteens’.
The British Army’s Surgeon-General Annesley de Renzy wrote: ‘All I can say is that on a long march, and where troops are exposed to great hardships, a cup of Assam tea is one of the most sustaining and invigorating beverages a soldier could have’.
More recently, authors Ian and Iris MacFarlane have suggested tea was both stimulating and relaxing:
‘The caffeine stimulates and relaxes both the mind and body, adds to the confidence of the drinker, and so makes him more efficient as a fighter. The caffeine also combats stress and injury; hence the immediate response of most British people after any accident is to offer or drink a hot cup of sweet tea’.

Sectioned in the middle with embossed lids to each end: ‘Tea and Sugar Box’. Plated ‘silver to the outside and ‘gold’ to the inner, some rust spotting but in overall good condition.

I have period tea for sale else where on the site!!

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