Tobacco box (detail), associated with Boer War

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This detail shows the lid of a tobacco box containing four bars of tobacco which 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 text above and below the thistle motif reads, 'Frae Scots tae Scots' and 'For Auld Lang Syne'.

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: 000-190-000-923-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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