Original Item. Only One Available. This is a very neat Schokakola tin with Wehrmacht packaging. Scho-ka-kola is a German brand of chocolate consumed for its strong caffeine and kola nut mix. It became very popular during World War II and became known as Aviator Chocolate.

This lovely tin is dated 1941 in the center of the lid, and has the correct Scho-ka-kola brand name on the top, with DIE STÄRKENDE SCHOKOLADE (The Strengthening chocolate) on the bottom. It has the correct WEHRMACHT-PACKUNG on the bottom, indicating military issue. The tin definitely shows use, but is in good shape overall with just a small bit of the paint missing.

The tin measures 3 ⅜" x ¾”. A great piece of German military history. Ready for further research and display.

In World War II, Scho-Ka-Kola was colloquially known as the "Aviator Chocolate" (German Fliegerschokolade), as it was commonly provided with Luftwaffe pilot and crew rations to induce or extend wakefulness and alertness, especially on night-bombing missions, and was also issued to flight crews in blue canisters as emergency sea-survival rations (German Seenotpackung).

Scho-Ka-Kola was also issued during World War II to German tank crews as well as German U-boat crews and the German Army. During the occupation period it was also distributed to the German population by the Allies. German Wehrmacht-issue Scho-Ka-Kola were designated 'Wehrmacht-Packung' on the container underside, issued in either the metal tin or cardboard container version.

Scho-Ka-Kola is mentioned three times in Johann Voss's World War II autobiography, Black Edelweiss. "Johann Voss", real name unknown, joins the Waffen-SS in 1943 at only 17. He ends up in Northern Finland as an SS mountain trooper in the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord, and participates in heavy fighting against the Russians. When things go particularly bad, round tin boxes of Scho-Ka-Kola are issued to the troops. He also claims that during Operation Northwind (particularly, the town of Reipertsweiler, 16 January 1945 - 20 January 1945, in which Voss participated in a German victory), Scho-Ka-Kola was given to captured American troops as an act of respect for their bravery. Voss details Scho-Ka-Kola in the footnotes, calling the chocolate "pure luxury" and explains that each round tin contains two discs of dark chocolate, laced with caffeine from coffee beans