Hi Donald, We had considered doing a section devoted to reproductions but opted to integrate some of that info throughout the book. We devote a few paragraphs to the topic in our introduction. The subject if done right would have taken up a lot of pages, better used for other information. There are ...

When we started the project we had to set some parameters. One of the most important was keeping the book to one volume. With the amount of info available to us, we had to balance between subjects, facts, pictures and company info. Many subjects like the field kitchen and unit structures were left o...

The book has 90%+ of the Ration Report included as well as every other US Intell source I could find. We also used a number of German wartime books on Rations.We decided to leave out some of the technical evaluations. I doubt most folks would be interested in calorie count, % fat etc. I could easily...

You need to contact the Quartermaster museum at FT. Lee Va. They have a website with contact info. Of course most of that report is incorperated in the book. I would love to know if you have any additional files on German WWII Rations. Jim Jim do you know where I could locate the 1945 or 6 US army r...

Heres a nice jar obviousily made for honey. The honey comb effect is kinda neat. On the front of the jar is a stylized bee hive with little bees flying around it. I believe it was manufactured by Alwin Franz of Leipzig which used a bee hive as their logo. On the bottom of the jar you'll notice the M...

Here are a couple of new items I got in.First up is a nice vinegar bottle. H.Dv. 86/1 specifies vinegar as one of the condiments to be issued to soldiers during redeployments. Of course the question is how would the soldier carry it. He wasn't issued any equipment that would serve that need. This st...

In the book we showed a few products from August Grill a store which operated from 1912 to 1965. A large number of packaging from the store surfaced within the last 10 years. The problem was trying to figure out exactly when the packaging was manufactured. We analyzed the available facts and compare...

Here is the pre war picture and patent for Perga packaging which unfortunately we couldn't use in the book.

This is probably the most controversial item in the book, a wine bottle marked for the Waffen-SS. Tom and I are convinced of its originality, but were certain it might raise a few eye brows. The Army was responsible for providing rations to all branches of the military except the Navy. However when ...

This can was captioned as being Polish in the book. As it turns out it’s a standard 200 Gram can of pork, which was corrected in the update file. When we got the can we were thrown off by the stamp R.St.14 which we hadn’t encountered before. That and the fact that our source thought it was Polish le...