Ship's biscuit, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside_Maritime_Museum" class="extiw" title="en:Merseyside Maritime Museum">Merseyside Maritime Museum</a>, Liverpool, England. This biscuit was issued to a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> sometime around 1914 whilst en-route to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki" class="extiw" title="en:Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a> on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" class="extiw" title="en:World War I">WWI</a> troopship. These type of biscuits were also known as <i>Liverpool <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantile_(roof_material)" class="extiw" title="en:Pantile (roof material)">pantiles</a></i> due to their texture and shape.
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