Army issue biscuit with image of five men outside a hut

Place Europe: France
Accession Number RELAWM09271.002
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Foodstuff – dry, Photographic paper
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Standard rectangular 7 x 5 hole army biscuit. A small rectangular photograph, extremely faded, depicting five soldiers outside a hut has been inset and glued into a hollowed space on the face of the biscuit. The reverse has been marked with a red censor's stamp.

History / Summary

Army hard tack biscuits were so hard and durable that they were often used as the basis for letters and momentoes.

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