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121-year-old chocolate discovered in Boer War helmet case (www.nationaltrust.org.uk)

by What a Find April 6, 2021, 12:52 pm

Chocolate commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1900, still within its original wrapper and tin, has been discovered in a Boer War helmet in a Norfolk attic.

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121-year-old chocolate discovered in Boer War helmet case (www.nationaltrust.org.uk)

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