Combat C Ration Meal, Pre 1967, Complete, Full, Origina

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This item up for bids is a authentic and original Combat Individual C Ration Meal. Its a pre 1967 meal some cans dated 1966 and its in good condition. The meal has been totally refurbished and restored to its original condition. Every can is full complete and non leaking. This is one of those very unique meals that is over 40 years old but made it through time without injury. I have touched up the box a bit to cover pre existing stains on the bottom from other leakers in the case but this is just a very respectable vintage meal right Clean, cans oiled and buffed, as well as a total inspection of each item in the meal. This meal is not for consumption of course and since the Accessory packet contains cigarettes you must be 18 or older to bid. This is about as original as you can get for one of the early 60s Field Ration meals. This one has some of the early cans including the B-3 unit which is the early Tall boy can. Its dated 1966 on the top so you know its an original vintage early meal. I will describe the meal the best I possibly can. This will make a very respectable addition to any serious collectors display no doubt. Spaghetti with Beef Chunks in Sauce - 5 1/2 oz can, 1963 vintage, dated, full, packaged by the Blue Star Foods Co. in Council Bluffs Iowa . The Blue Star Foods Co. was in business at 12th Avenue and South 4th Street by 1938. Blue Star would expand greatly over the years, particularly with government contracts for powdered eggs and a multitude of other products. Blue Star was also w many folks from a couple generations found their first employment working on the line. Howard's Plastics opened in 1941 at 1401 South Main and also profited from wartime contracts to produce radio crystals during World War II. At the same time, Georgie Porgie had closed by 1940 although Petersen Implement operated in the old District during the 1940's at 925 South 6th Street. Devastating fires continued and the Great Western freight house burned in September 1935. Three city firemen were injured fighting a blaze in November 1945 that damaged Younkerman Seed on South 6th and 13th Ave. An August 1947 fire at Dwarfies Food at 1216 South Main halted production at the factory which was then operating with three shifts, 24 hours a day, and the company later relocated to West Broadway and 40th Street. In November 1950 Fireman William Cavett died of a heart attack while fighting a fire that swept along South Main's new "implement row" and destroyed the Breeders Supply Company warehouse, L.H. Katelman Hardware, South Main Furniture, and Nick's Tavern. Likewise, another fire struck the old Implement District in October 1952 and destroyed a garage owned by Blue Star and the old implement warehouses in the 1500 block of South Main used by Continental-Kellar Furniture as winds whipped embers 15 blocks north into downtown. More changes came after Blue Star Produce was sold to Con-Agra in 1990's. The facility's expansion ultimately resulted in the razing of several historic buildings, particularly the two-story brick Main Street Saloon with its stone detailing at 1013 South Main and David Bradley & Company's four-story warehouse on the west side of South Main. Further attempts at re-development in the old Implement District during the early 21st century resulted in the demolition of the Mona Motor complex at 1026 and 1103 South 6th Street. Council Bluffs also received two "Brownfields" grants from the EPA to assess potential contamination in the old industrial area. Fruit Cake - 4 3/4 oz can,1960s vintage, full, packaged by the Nabisco Co in Hanover NJ. Biscuit Co. Nabisco (originally known as Na tional Bis cuit Co mpany) is a brand of cookies and snacks , including brands such as Chips Ahoy! , Fig Newtons , Mallomars , Oreos , Premium Crackers , Ritz Crackers , Teddy Grahams , Triscuits , Wheat Thins , Social Tea , Nutter Butter , Peek Freans , Lorna Doone and Chicken in a Biskit , used for the United States and Mexico as well as other parts of South America by Kraft Foo... read more

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