Ration kit, emergency
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.3064.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- NRT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Rectangular metal can painted drab green; metal key fixed to underside; black printed text.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.6 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 9.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Personal gear
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To provide nourishment in absence of any other food source. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "[CA]NADIAN/ ARMY/ EMERGENCY/ RATION/ PURPOSE OF CONTENTS/ ]TO] BE CONSUMED ONLY WHEN/ [NO] OTHER RATIONS OF ANY KIND/ ARE PROCURABLE./ [NOT T]O BE OPENED EXCEPT/ BY O[RD]ER OF AN OFFICER" printed in black on one side of can; "ARMÉE/ CANADIENNE/ RATION D'URGENCE/ UTILITÉ DU CONT[ENU]/ NE DOIT ÊTRE EMPLOYÉ [QUE]/ LORSQU"IL EST IMPOSSIBLE D[E SE]/ PROCURER D"AUTRE NOURRIT[URE]./ N'OUVRIR CETTE BOITE QU['AVEC]/ LA PERMISSION D'UN OFFICIE[R]" printed on reverse. "NRT" printed on underside of can, near key.
- Missing
- Appears complete. Presumably contains unspecified food.
- Finish
- Rectangular metal can painted drab green; metal key fixed to underside; black printed text.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Ration kit, emergency, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.3064, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.3064.002/
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