Historical information

Life Savers were invented in America in 1912 and produced under an agreement in Australia from 1921. The name refers to the fact that the hole in the middle will prevent choking if the sweet is swallowed whole.

Physical description

Life Savers showbag, no content: paper bag with string cord handle, printed in colour; one side showing a roll of Butter Scotch Life Savers and two Scottish children dancing under it; the other, a roll of Pep-O-Mint Life Savers, set against an Arctic background

Inscriptions & markings

[obverse]
3 PACKETS FOR 1-' EVERYWHERE /
BUTTER SCOTCH / LIFE SAVERS / THE CANDY WITH THE HOLE /
Also obtainable / in following flavours: /
Crystomint - Stick-O-Pep - Orange - Lemon - Lime"

[reverse]
Cooling Pep-O-Mint Life Savers, the candy mint with the hole /
Also obtainable in following flavours: Spear-O-Mint - Assorted floral - Vi-O-Let - Musk - Clove - Thirst - An-O-Sed /
3 packets for 1'- everywhere /

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