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Commemorative Chocolate Card- Camping around a tent DUNIH 2011.2.2

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Commemorative Chocolate Card- Camping around a tent

Card, souvenir card bearing a coloured illustration of Captain Scott and companions sitting around the stove with a tin of Fry’s Coca in a prominent position labelled, ‘Camping a Meal Inside the Tent’, underneath which is the caption ‘Fry’s Coca and Chocolate Makers to H.M. the King’. The reverse of the card features a description of their enjoyment of a mug of Cocoa, ‘Captain Scott and the South Pole’ (the name of the series of cards) and the caption ‘Fry’s Pure Coca 300 Grands Prix Gold Medals’ all within a decorative boarder of coiled rope. Part of a complete set of 25 cards commemorating the Terra Nova Expedition 1910-12 issued by Fry’s chocolate (one of the expedition’s sponsors) in 1913.

Number: DUNIH 2011.2.2
Name: Commemorative Chocolate Card- Camping around a tent
Date: 1913
Maker: Fry's Chocolate
Location: In Store