Original Items: Only One Set Available. This is an appealing assortment of original WWII era American field and personal items of the type associated with a U.S. soldier’s barracks, footlocker, mess, or field equipment display. The lot includes two sealed tins, an unopened camouflage face paint stick, and several period food and personal care containers that together create a convincing and visually varied G.I. display.

The group includes:

- Sealed 12 ounce tin of synthetic Lemon Juice Powder manufactured by J.R. Watkins Co.
- Empty Pet Evaporated Milk tin
- Empty Beech-Nut Spearmint gum package
- Sealed tin of Shinola Brown Shoe Polish
- Sealed Paint, Face, Camouflage stick with worn markings
- Empty EverReady Restle’s sweet milk cocoa tin

The 12 ounce Lemon Juice Powder tin remains sealed and is clearly identified as a synthetic product manufactured by J.R. Watkins Co. Powdered drink ingredients were practical for military and institutional use because they could be transported and stored more easily than fresh juice.

The Shinola Brown Shoe Polish tin also remains sealed. Shoe polish was an essential part of a soldier’s personal maintenance equipment, helping keep leather boots and shoes presentable and protected during service.

The sealed camouflage face paint stick is another especially interesting component. Its markings are now worn, but the original identification as:

PAINT, FACE, CAMOUFLAGE

remains associated with the item. Camouflage face paint was intended to reduce the visibility of exposed skin by breaking up its natural color and shine.

The empty Pet Evaporated Milk tin, Beech-Nut Spearmint gum package, and EverReady Restle’s sweet milk cocoa tin add useful period food and packaging material to the group. Although their original contents are no longer present, the surviving containers help illustrate the commercial products and familiar brands encountered by American personnel during the wartime period.

This is a particularly useful display lot because it combines sealed food and personal care products with period packaging connected to daily military life. The lemon juice powder, brown shoe polish, camouflage face paint, evaporated milk tin, gum package, and cocoa tin would display especially well with a U.S. WWII footlocker, field kitchen, barracks, personal effects, quartermaster, or G.I. equipment collection.