Swedish World War I Bread Ration Card

Sweden · 1917 · 1 unit of bread ration (per coupon)

This item is a Swedish ration card for bread from World War I, featuring a grid of ten numbered coupons (1-10) to be detached. The card is printed with text in Swedish, indicating its purpose and origin.

This ration card illustrates the economic hardships and government control over essential goods in Sweden during World War I, despite Sweden's neutrality, as food shortages affected many European nations. It represents a system implemented to ensure equitable distribution of scarce resources.