{"product_id":"original-u-s-wwii-c-ration-accessory-packet-with-partial-contents-tissue-paper-chiclets-lucky-strikes-matches-and-salt-tablets","title":"Original U.S. WWII C Ration Accessory Packet with Partial Contents - Tissue Paper, Chiclets, Lucky Strikes, Matches, and Salt Tablets","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original late-WWII U.S. Army \u003cb\u003eC-Ration Accessory Packet\u003c\/b\u003e, manufactured and packed by \u003cb\u003eChaard Incorporated of Lansing, Michigan\u003c\/b\u003e, and retaining an unusually complete selection of its original contents. The packet has been opened but still contains a sealed package of Lucky Strikes, wrapped toilet tissue, a sealed package of Chiclets chewing gum, a vial containing four salt tablets, and an unused book of matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn accessory kit that could be issued with the ration was suggested early 1944. By the summer of 1944 a sealed asphalt paper laminated to a metallic foil envelope was developed that contained a small package of 12 sheets of toilet paper –the same as used in the K Ration–, a package with two tablets of sugar coated chewing gum, a small bottle with 12 water purification tablets (Halazone), and a small matchbook with two rows of five matches each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small bottle with Halazone tablets was soon replaced with a small plastic vial holding 4 salt tablets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a very nice opened Accessory Packet in the later style, with the front label reading:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACCESSORY PACKET\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCIGARETTES MATCHES TOILET PAPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUM SALT TABLETS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePACKED BY CHAARD, INCORPORATED, LANSING, MICHIGAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contents include a sealed pack of Lucky Strikes, a wrapped bundle of tissue paper, a sealed box of chiclets gum, a small bottle of four salt tablets, and an unused pack of matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of the \u003cb\u003elate-war salt-tablet configuration, clearly marked Chaard Incorporated wrapper, Lucky Strikes, Chiclets gum, toilet tissue, four-tablet salt vial, and unused matches\u003c\/b\u003e makes this a particularly informative example of the final wartime development of the U.S. C-Ration. Its printed contents also capture a brief transitional stage before cigarettes and matches were separated into their own dedicated packet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757278847045,"sku":"ONSV25OAC322","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/12DBB12C-64CC-4F91-97BE-E5DB73300CDA.jpg?v=1789501839","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-u-s-wwii-c-ration-accessory-packet-with-partial-contents-tissue-paper-chiclets-lucky-strikes-matches-and-salt-tablets","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}