Tobacco box, associated with Boer War

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:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland M.1931.406
Date:	1900 November 1900
Material:
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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