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From: G & K Slay <>
Subject: [BOER-WAR] Queen's Chocolate
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:25:19 +0100


I have a quote of somebody saying about the Queen¹s Chocolate: What matter
about the bloody honour, so long as you can get five quid for it?

I understand that every man serving in the Boer War received a box of
chocolates from Queen Victoria at Christmas 1900. What I would like is some
detail about the chocolates ­ were they milk or plain; filled (if so, with
what); what was the weight of the box; was it a cardboard box or a metal
tin; and what decoration was there on the box? Did the men receive them in
South Africa? Also, who might the soldier be thinking would buy his box for
five pounds?

Katherine Slay
UK

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