Many women made special little bags to protect their ration books. These bags were often embroidered. The example shown here is in green cloth embroidered on one side using a form of free style embroidery that was popular at the time, namely a garden scene, often with a crinolined lady in it. The other side of the bag has the embroidered phrase 'Ration Book'.
Source illustration: Imperial War Museum online catalogue (retrieved 12 August 2020). Acc. no.: EPH 9720
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