Biscuit ration, Kambly
Contemporary Era, Europe
AL9643
The Kambly biscuit factory set up in Emmental (CH) in 1910. It first created military biscuits in 1959 and these are still distributed in individual portions of 100 g to Swiss soldiers today.
Datasheet
- Type: Packet
- Place of origin: Switzerland
- Materials and techniques: Aluminium
- Date: 2014
- Dimensions: 3.5 x 5.5 x 14.5 cm
- Brand: Kambly
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Knowledge
Military rations
Food supplies for troops have often determined the outcome of wars. Until the invention of appertisation in the 19th century, bread and salted meat formed the staple diet of soldiers serving on the front. The Navy favoured beer, wine and rum, which were easier to store than water. Tinned food found its way into soldiers’ kits in the First World War and was replaced by complete meals in hermetically sealed bags in the 1980s.
