World War One soldier Richard Bullimore's 103-year-old chocolate found
Tehran (KNA) - Nine bars of chocolate that are 103 years old have been discovered in a tin belonging to a war hero.
Troops serving in France during the first Christmas of the First World War were given the Colonies Gift Tins which were made in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
One of the tins was found in a collection belonging to Leicestershire Regiment soldier Richard Bullimore.
Only one of the 10 bars was eaten and the tin is now to be sold at an antiques auction organised by Scunthorpe-based auctioneers Eddisons CJM.
The company's Paul Cooper said: "The tin was made by Barringer Wallis & Manners of Mansfield, one of the world's leading manufacturers of decorative tinwear.
"The colonies chocolate was sent to troops in that first winter of the war. Trinidad, Grenada and St Lucia provided the cocoa. Cadburys made the chocolate bars."Even the container is rare but to find the chocolate still inside is just unreal.
"He said the chocolate looked in good shape, "although I have to admit that I wouldn't be tempted to give it a go, even if the experts say that chocolate seldom becomes really dangerous over time but it does lose its flavour and texture."
Source: NewsSky