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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rabid Collector, post: 845556, member: 11189&quot;]So a ditty box is a box that a sailor in the British Royal Navy would have to keep valuables and personal belonging in such as cigars, cigarettes, postcards and letters from loved one. I’ve seen many of these with locks but never one without and the irony is that there was a culture of absolute trust on these ships so no one ever locked their ditty boxes even if they did have a lock and key. Later these boxes became ditty bags which were much cheaper to produce. My box is from around the early 1900s and was used by my great Grandfather throughout the First World War.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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