Vintage/Antique rectangular tin with wood pattern and image of Winston Churchill for ELKE biscuits, Cardiff

Vintage/Antique rectangular tin with wood pattern and image of Winston Churchill for ELKE biscuits, Cardiff. 

• Manufacturing date: 1920/1970 

Description
Rectangular tin with round corners. Equipped with a loose lid and a rolled edge on lid and box. The decoration of this tin consists of a surface of wood imitation on the sides and golden ovals with texts. On top of the lid a picture of Sir Winston Churchill.

Texts on the sides:

• We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.
• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
• Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.
• Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

ELKES Biscuits ltd cardiff, gt, Britain. 

(On the backside of the lid an explanation about the decorations that Churchill wears on the picture on front of the lid)

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

From a study by Karsh of Ottawa.Sir Winston Churchill is wearing the Knight of the Garther Sash, and around his neck is the blue and crimson ribbon with the Insignia of the Order of Merrit.

This tin is in an original vintage condition with several traces of wear and tear. 

Dimensions 

• Height: 6.0 cm.  
• Length: 21.5 cm. 
• Width: 14.3 cm.  

Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Ideologically an economic liberal and British imperialist, he was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924 before joining the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as Member of Parliament (MP).

Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. 

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