new book: Rations of the German Wehrmacht in World War II

[Richard w.]

I've just received this book yesterday and and I thought it would be of interest to some of you on the forum.

It is for the collector of ration-related Wehrmacht items, but also goes into detail about logistics. Almost every page has color photos or period black and white. Big book (288 pages).

The publisher (Schiffer Military History) has the suggested retail price listed as $79.99 and I've seen some vendors using that price. I got mine from Amazon.com for $50.39, including shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Rations-German-We ... 914&sr=8-1

[biscuits brown]

Cool. Looks like a good historical resource covering some fairly unresearched topics.

Tube cheese ive seen mentioned in a couple of accounts, but never seen an actual example package. I always imagined Primula.

Olaf Kalvi invented it in 1924 in Norway, but Im unsure if he used tubes from the beginning.

[Richard w.]

Some of the artifacts pictured in the book were ground dug by relic hunters in Eastern Europe. Those cheese tubes, maybe.

I think you guys in Europe will recognize most of the brand names of the Wehrmacht food items. Except for Fanta and Knorr and a couple others, most are new to me.

[housil]

Wow!!!!

I definitely *MUST* have this book!! What a great find

I think you guys in Europe will recognize most of the brand names of the Wehrmacht food items. Except for Fanta and Knorr and a couple others, most are new to me.

You are right, several brands are still in use like:


Champignon Cheese



Schokakola



Margarine

Palmin and Sanella

[Richard w.]

There's a big appendix devoted to the Scho-ka-kola story.

I've never tried it. Is it just a chocolate bar, or something more?

[biscuits brown]

Its something more

Housil I am surprised so many brands have survived to now. I have never seen them, all are new to me.

[Stef]

CHAMPIGNON CAMEMBERT??? WTF

[housil]

CHAMPIGNON CAMEMBERT??? WTF

It´s just the name of the cheese factory "Champignon"

[housil]

There's a big appendix devoted to the Scho-ka-kola story.

I've never tried it. Is it just a chocolate bar, or something more?

It´s something more...

[Richard w.]

Thanks for the link. I haven't been on the board much and missed that post.

There's a chapter on special and emergency rations in the book. The Scho-Ka-Kola was a component in several of them, including the "Paratroop Ration", the "Special Mountain Ration", and the "Patrol Ration".