[BCMA] FW: Ammo box - can anyone help?

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Tammy;

CFB Chilliwack Historical Society Museum sent my your email, but the image had been corrupted.  If you could sent the image directly, I would be happy to take a look and talk to our ammunition people to see what we can find out.


Sandra F. Johnson Penney

Curator, Canadian Military Engineers Museum
Supervisor, Training Resource Centre, Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering
Department of National Defence / Government of Canada
Telephone 506-422-2000 local 1897 / CSN 432-1897 / Fax 506-422-1220

Conservatrice, Musée du génie militaire canadien
Surveillante, Centre de resource en formation, École du génie militaire des forces canadiennes
Ministère de la Défense nationale / Gouvernement du Canada
Téléphone 506-422-2000 poste 1897 / CSN 432-1897 / Télécopieur 506-422-1220

From: Jim Harris [mailto:jimharris at shaw.ca]
Sent: February-23-16 7:15 PM
To: Undisclosed Recipient
Cc: Johnson Penney SF at CFSME@Gagetown
Subject: Ammo box - can anyone help?

 The folks at the museum in Creston BC are asking for help - Can anyone ID this box - Jim
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:26:02 -0700
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Subject: [BCMA] Ammo box - can anyone help?
Hello, Museum-land people!

Someone just brought this box into my office, asking if I knew anything more about it. Apparently, it is an ammunition box, but I have never seen anything like it so can't help her much. Anyone recognise this? Dimensions are 45cm long x 25 cm deep x 20 cm high; wooden construction with two metal compartments inside. The two metal interior compartments lift out separately, and have a few markings on them - a stamp that looks like a crown with an arrow pointing up at it, and an embossed "GSW 43" on each end. There is a stencilled marking on the lid, just visible in this photo: C.D. 107 probably, though the last digit is hard to read. There's also a metal "9" on the end of the box, that looks like the kind of number you might use to put your street number on your house - that might be a later addition (the box apparently was used as a tool box for quite some time).

Tammy


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