Gold coloured tin (L 11cm x W 8.5cm x D 3cm), bearing the instructions: 'Emergency Ration / Purpose of Contents / To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable / To Open/strip off band insert coin in corner groove and turn / NOTICE: not to be opened except by order of an officer.

Emergency Ration Purpose of Contents To be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable To Open strip off band insert a coin in the corner groove and turn NOTICE: not to be opened except by order of an officer