<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all - I’m glad to see this info as I posted earlier that it may be WWI. When I looked more closely at the woodworking, I realized it was missing the telltale box jointing in the corners and the interesting sliding lid. Thanks for the post from Michael to correctly date the box - Cindy - RBCM Exhibits<div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 25, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" class="">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font face="Tahoma" class=""></font>More info...<br class="">Carol Law<br class="">> CFB Chilliwack Historical Society<br class="">> Museum and Archives<br class=""> <br class=""><div class=""><hr id="stopSpelling" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""> <br class=""><div class="">> From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jimharris@shaw.ca" class="">jimharris@shaw.ca</a><br class="">> To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:claw567@shaw.ca" class="">claw567@shaw.ca</a><br class="">> Subject: Ammo box - can anyone help?<br class="">> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:11:17 -0800<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">> Carol,<br class="">> Another response - plse fwd - Jim<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Sent from my iPhone<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Begin forwarded message:<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> From: Michael DesMazes <<a href="mailto:rcaf5otu@hotmail.com" class="">rcaf5otu@hotmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:rcaf5otu@hotmail.com" class="">mailto:rcaf5otu@hotmail.com</a>>><br class="">> Date: February 24, 2016 at 3:31:09 PM PST<br class="">> To: "Langlet, Lisa"<br class="">> <<a href="mailto:Lisa.Langlet@burnaby.ca" class="">Lisa.Langlet@burnaby.ca</a><<a href="mailto:Lisa.Langlet@burnaby.ca" class="">mailto:Lisa.Langlet@burnaby.ca</a>>><br class="">> Subject: Re: [BCMA] FW: Ammo box - can anyone help?<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Standard 303 cal ammunition box, Canadian with the, "Broad Arrow C". Fred<br class="">> is correct, GSW is General Steel Wares. GSW mad many items for the<br class="">> Canadian military in WW2. These boxes would have been in service with the<br class="">> Canadian military up to the time we converted to the 7.62 FN rifle. c late<br class="">> 1950s and perhaps later as the Rangers used the 303 until very recently.<br class="">> Are the metal lids for the inserts missing? It should also have rope or<br class="">> hemp handles on either end.</strong><br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Cheers for now. 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