Card, ration

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0051.027

MANUFACTURER: Royal Air Force
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: 353
Part Number: 27
Total Parts: 69
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: card stock reinforced with linen on outisde front & back covers

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defence UK
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); hand written entries from Feb. 22, 1945 to April 13, 1945
Canada: Unknown
Function: entitled bearer to purchase limited amounts of goods rationed due to war effort, including chocolate and cigarettes at base mess
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on front cover reads: "SERGEANTS' MESS/R.A.F. STATION/GRANSDEN LODGE/RATION CARD"; lettering on back cover reads: "NOTE/the mess Caterer has been instructed/not to issue Rations unless this ration Card/bears the signature of the Mess Treasurer,/certifying that the holder's Mess Bill for/the previous month has been paid."; lettering in side along top reads: "No R262844 Rank F/SGT. Name CHRISTIE Card No. 353"
Missing: N/A
Finish: pale green cover with black printed lettering; indise black printed fields & lettering hand written in ink on white background
Decoration: none

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Royal Air Force, Card, ration, circa 1945, Artifact no. 2007.0051, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0051.027/

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