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>In an illustration by William Pene du Bois for the minor children's classic
>"Twenty and Ten" (aka "The Secret Cave"), a little boy (this is >during
>WWII) is taking candy and oranges out of a box. One candy is clearly
>Toblerone. Another bar of chocolate is simply rectangular, but >the design
>on the wrapper seems to be four linked circles.
>
>You can see it he
>
>http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cd...s/012008c1.jpg
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>Is this based on an actual brand, and if so, which? Thanks.
>
>For those who don't know, the story - about children in France hiding
>Jewish children from the Nazis - is based on a true story that was >also
>turned into the 1985 TV movie "Miracle at Moreaux" with Loretta Swit (from
>TV's MASH) and Robert Joy (from CSI) and Marsha >Moreau (the voice of
>Madeline from the cartoons).
>

areo looks close. Their are Dots with the letters printed on colored circles
but dots were not available till 1945 when the was war ending.


Robert