Source : Perth Now news
A 125-year-old chocolate bar is going for up for sale.
The confectionery was sent to British troops fighting in the Boer War by Queen Victoria in 1900 and could fetch up to £400 when it is auctioned in June.
The chocolate bar – which is still in its original tin and has some of its foil wrapper still attached – has “a bit of a whiff to it”, according to Andy Stowe from Bristol auction house Auctioneum.
He told BBC Radio Bristol: “It’s got a bit of a whiff to it but otherwise it kind of looks OK.
“I wouldn’t eat it but it looks OK considering how old it is.”
Queen Victoria commissioned chocolate manufacturers JS Fry and Sons, Cadbury Brothers Limited, and Rowntree and Company Limited to produce the special tins with the words “I wish you happy new year” in 1899.
Lucy McCourt, a militaria expert from Auctioneum, said: “This would have been a rare treat back in 1900 and the willpower required to not eat it would have been quite substantial.”
