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Description: | (1) Hôtel du Sauvage, Calais
(2) Ne gachez pas le sucre. Hygiene Économie.
(3) Ration pour une tasse
''Don't Waste Sugar''. Sugar ration for one cup of tea, issued to a British visitor at the Hôtel du Sauvage, Calais, January 1918.
Sealed cream-coloured paper sachet with inscriptions and design printed on in red, the sachet contains a sugar ration for a cup of tea, the front of the sachet bears the name and place 'Hôtel du Sauvage, Calais' which is positioned in the centre on a printed red decorative diamond shape, around the diamond design are geometric designs and border, 'Ne gachez pas le sucre' and 'Hygiene Économie' are printed at the top and bottom on the front, the reverse of the sachet bears an illustrated cup of steaming tea printed with the inscription 'Ration pour une tasse', there are small tears to the front of the sachet where a small amount of the contents may have been lost. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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