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A 125-year-old chocolate bar that was part of a batch given to soldiers by Queen Victoria is to be sold at auction in June – and could fetch up to £400.
The chocolate, which is in its original tin and still has some of its foil wrapper, would have been sent to British troops fighting in the Boer War in South Africa in 1900 to boost morale, an auction house in Bristol said.
The bar has "a bit of a whiff to it", according to Andy Stowe from Auctioneum.
Lucy McCourt, militaria expert from the auction house, said: "This would have been a rare treat back in 1900 and the willpower required to not eat it would have been quite substantial."
