National ration book (B)

Booklet of coupons valid for 16 weeks from (week beginning) 14 July to 27 October 1918 for rationed portions of meat, tea, bacon, butter & margarine, lard and sugar. In this instance all of the coupons have been used. The remaining counterfoils show that they were printed in different colours for different products on a decorative background.
RationingWorld War, 1914-1918Food supply