Ammunition box : .38 calibre cartridges

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL32653
Collection type Technology
Object type Firearm accessory
Physical description Cotton webbing, Paper, Steel, Wood
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Green stained wooden box of screwed and routed construction. Used for holding 180 boxed .38 calibre pistol cartridges. Comes complete with a sliding wooden lid, a 'T' shaped key attached to a split pin and a khaki webbing carry strap. Two paper labels describing the contents are adhered to the sides of the box.

History / Summary

Unknown.