WW1 Soldiers Comfort Box made from cardboard, 1918

approximately 21 cm x 13 cm x 14 cm, top reads Tobin’s “Peerless” Soldiers’ Comfort Boxes, Strong

and Reliable, To The Sender Fill me to the brim with good things (not exceeding regulation weight,

wrap me in stout brown paper – tie me with strong cord – address me fully and distinctly then send me

on my message off love I’ll deliver the good, Postal Rates England, 12¢ per lb. Limit 11 lbs. Sold only by

leading druggists, grocers and new dealers, J. Tobin & Sons, Ottawa, Canada. On the side

handwritten in ink -Mrs. E Fraser, PO Box 350, Pictou, N.S. Canada

Maple leaf symbol on another side, and inside it - Certificate of Box Maker – This box conforms to all

construction requirements of Canadian Freight Classification. Resistance Bursting Test 200 Pounds per

square in., Dimensions Limit 65 inches, Gross Wt. Limit 65 pounds, Saint John, N.B. Can.