BACON TINS
The Bacon Tin also known as the Bacon Box was a box to hold the doughboys raw meat rations in . These tins were provided for the soldiers to store the meat in . The tins were about 7 inches long , 2.5 inches wide , and 3 inches tall . These tins were called bacon tins because the soldiers most often received bacon . Unfortunately the lids on the bacon tins did not seal all the way but they were close to air tight . The raw meat rations ended soon , after they figured out that the poisonous gas could contaminate the raw meat . Even if the meat was stored in cans the poisonous gas could contaminate the food .
he A . E . F . began a distribution of canned meat in place of bacon . Even though the containers could not hold meat any more they were still very useful . Even though they could not be used for their original purpose . The soldiers used the tins to store anything they wanted to store in it . The soldiers usually stored any thing they did not want to get wet in the tins . The doughboys usually stored writing tools , tobacco , photograph , and matches in their bacon tins to protect them from exposure to the elements in the trenches . At the national WWI museum and memorial in Kansas City you can see a Bacon Box model of 1916 .
MODEL OF 1916
These bacon tins are the mosel of 1916 .
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