WW1 British Army SRD Rum Jar Pearson & Co of Whittington – Somme Battlefield Find Materials: copper and iron/steel

Materials: copper and iron/steel

appetizers

offering the character of antique-style fittings with the practicality of newly made items

with no noticeable fading

a French brocante find ideal for starters

WW1 British Army SRD Rum Jar Pearson & Co of Whittington – Somme Battlefield Find Materials: copper and iron/steelThis genuine British WW1 SRD rum jar was sourced from a traditional brocante market in Authuille, northern France, a village in the heart of the Battlefields of the Somme. It is an authentic First World War stoneware military rum ration jar, originally used to transport rum supplies to British soldiers serving on the Western Front. The letters SRD officially stood for Supply Reserve Depot, although soldiers also gave them humorous meanings such as