Tobacco box, associated with Boer War

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This tobacco box, containing four bars of tobacco, was one of a number sent out to troops serving in the Boer War in South Africa in November 1900 as a morale-boosting gesture from the Scottish Regiments' Gift Fund.

The small metal plate on each tobacco bar is stamped, 'F & J Smith's Yankee Plug'.

During the Boer War (1899-1902), the loss of men was so great that a school was founded in Dunblane in Perthshire for the orphaned sons of Scottish soldiers.

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• Online ID: 000-100-009-462-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1931.406
• Date: 1900
  November 1900
  
• Material: Gift box / tobacco
  
• Dimensions: 89 mm H x 101 mm W x 17 mm depth
  
• What: Gift box / tobacco
  
• Subject: Miscellanea
  
• Who: Scottish Regiments Gift Fund (Presenter)
  
• Where: South Africa
  
• Event:
• Description: Tobacco box containing four bars of tobacco from the 'Scottish Regiments Gift Fund' South Africa, November 1900
  
• References:
  • Steel, Tom. Scotland's Story. London: Collins, 1984, p267 
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