- Title:
- Block of khaki Blanco cleaning powder, 1950s (c)
- Object name(s):
- blanco block
- Brief description:
- Block of khaki Blanco cleaning powder, 1950s (c). Although it was planned to replace Blanco in the mid-1950s, some National Servicemen continued to use it until the end of conscription. It came in four shades - olive green, khaki, dark green and light green plus white. First produced as early as 1875 it was officially approved by the British Army in 1913.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Equipment, general
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- blanco block
- Object number:
- NAM. 2003-04-255-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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