US WWII Ration Crates

Boxes and boxes over boxes

Original WW2 US cardboard box second half of 5 rations, menu no. 2

Estimated 1943

Original WW2 US cardboard box for Edelweiss brand prune plums packed in heavy syrup.

Dated May 1945. Packed for John Sexton & Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Used as an international parcel from Rhode Island, United States to Limburg, Holland after the war.

Original WW2 US Coca-Cola crate.

1943, marked for military contract, 24 bottles, WT 43 CU 1.17

Coca-Cola Export Corp. No. 30-182-0-2980-45

Original WW2 US 10 in 1 cardboard box, menu no. 1.

Dated May 1945. Kansas city QM depot.

Original WW2 US 10 in 1 cardboard box, menu no. 2.

Dated March/April 1945. William Wrigley Jr. Company.

With a very rare 10 in 1 sleeve, menu no. 1. WT 49 CU 1,5

Several stamps and decals telling an adventurous life. Outstanding example full of history.

Used as a CARE parcel and used multiple times as a express parcel in Germany after the war.

Original WW2 US K Ration crate.

Wooden crate for 12 rations, WT 45 CU 1.4 Cont. W-11-009 QM 22679

Dated March 1945. Kellogg Company

Original WW2 US wooden crate for smoked bacon tins.

Wooden crate for 4 tins, 14 lbs. net, WT 71 CU 1.64 Cont. W-11-009 QM-368

Dated December 1943. xxx, General Office Chicago, II

The crate was found in L'Escarene, Provence-Alpes, France

Original WW2 US Field ration C crate.

Early wooden crate for 8 rations, WT 40 CU 1.1 Cont. W-11-009 QM-1xxx5

Estimated 1940/41. Quality Foods Inc.

Original British Hartwell Springs Butter box.

Cardboard box for 24 bricks.

Estimated 1940s. Dominion Dairy Co. Ltd.

This box was found in Glasgow area, UK.

Original British egg box.

Estimated late 1940s. Cardboard box for 24 eggs.

This box was found on Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland.