The box consists of a bakelized cardboard cylindrical container, 4 inches long and 1 inch in diameter, closed at the bottom with a yellow disc of heavily bakelized paper. The top is closed with a red plastic cap fitted inside the container. The composition weighs 76.05 grams (approximately 2 oz. 11 drs.) and consists of:–

Red phosphorus

85.4 per cent

Paraffin wax

11.6 per cent

Magnesium phosphates

2.9 per cent

The smoke box examined had the marking "3 KOLA 3976" arranged in three lines on the top and "KOLA" at the base.