Switzerland, May 1948: complete food ration card (Carte de denrées alimentaires / Lebensmittelkarte) of the Swiss Confederation, valid 1 May to 6 June 1948, with all the coupons still attached, printed in French on one side and German on the other, with the Swiss Red Cross appeal of May 1948.
1. Rations: 600 g flour (Farine / Mehl, coupons 14.7 and 14.4 for 100 g and 500 g), 300 g cooking fat (Graisse comestible / Speisefett, three coupons 9.7 of 100 g), 300 g fat or 3 dl oil (three coupons 7.7 for 100 g fat or 1 dl oil), plus the letter coupons E 5, S 5 and D 5 (blank coupons, validated by the OGA / KEA war food office when needed). Card number 58015.
2. Lower panel: Swiss Red Cross month, May 1948, badge sale 29/30 May and postal cheque collection (\"Mai, mois de la Croix-Rouge Suisse\" / \"Wem helfe ich im Mai? Dem Schweizerischen Roten Kreuz\").
3. Card about 11 x 8 cm, grey-violet paper, perforated between the coupons. Light toning and handling wear, exactly as photographed. Post-war rationing continued in Switzerland until 1948, this is one of the last monthly cards issued.
Keywords: Switzerland, Suisse, Schweiz, 1948, ration card, rationing, Lebensmittelkarte, carte de rationnement, denrées alimentaires, coupons, Red Cross, Croix-Rouge, Rotes Kreuz, post-war, Second World War, home front, ephemera.
Condition: Unused, complete with all coupons, light toning, exactly as photographed.
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