Scho Ka Kola ww2 chocolate ORIGINAL PAPER box 1941 very rare wehrmacht

  

Chocolate cardboard package for the Wehrmacht. Very rare original packaging for Wehrmacht chocolate in excellent condition. Lizenz Hildebrand Kakao und Schokoladenfabrik GmbH. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics as a performance-enhancing energy "Sport Chocolate" (German Sportschokolade).

In Hannover, who in 1936 was recognized as an important pre-war economy operation, as well as produced by other German chocolate manufacturers. World War II Wehrmacht-issue rationsEditIn World War II, Scho-Ka-Kola was colloquially known as the "Aviator Chocolate" (German Fliegerschokolade), as it was commonly provided with Luftwaffe pilot and crew rations, to induce or extend wakefulness and alertness, especially on night-bombing missions, and was also issued to flight-crews in blue canisters as emergency sea-survival rations (German Seenotpackung). Scho-Ka-Kola was also issued during World War II to German tank crews, as well as German U-boat crews and the German Army. During the occupation period it was also distributed to the German population by the Allies. German Wehrmacht-issue World War II Scho-Ka-Kola tin containers are highly sought after by collectors.

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1. Country/Region of Origin: Germany
2. Color: Multi-Color
3. Original/Reproduction: Original
4. Style: german
5. Material: paper
6. Maker: KAKAO Fabri Stutgrat
7. Age: 1942