Great War truck Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Can anybody id this crate please: And if anybody says chisels i will ignore you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Tim, obviously made at Royal Ordnance Factory Woolwich in 1958........... are then any other letters covered by the web straps on the upper line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 It says BOX.NO. ROF. W33. Does that give a bit more of a clue? As you will have guessed the canvas straps were a later addition. Thanks TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I'd say fuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Tim, Try on this forum http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/28346-G-36?p=62364&posted=1#post62364 I could not search as not signed on to it, but it could well hold a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I've got a similar one of these somewhere, i will have a look tomorow as it may have more markings on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Can anybody id this crate please: (Pix removed to preserve bandwidth) And if anybody says chisels i will ignore you. I'd say "Small Arms Ammunition", probably .38 or 9mm in small cartons or packets. I had one once, and it had a black painted tin insert with soldered tear-off lid - the hole in the top when the lid was removed was enough to get a hand inside to remove the contents, so I think boxed ammunition, might have been .303 tracer for making mixed belts. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 All the wooden small arms ammunition boxes I have, several of them, all carry the specific ammo size on the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 It's a really good looking box, buit am I the only one hoping somebody IDs it as "Box, Chisel-holding, for making boxes" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecyMech Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Just a wild stab here, but..... I would not have said ammo, but more like a specialist tool or storage box of some sort. I.E the 5.5" gun for example I believe had 2, one strapped to each trail, one for the guns CES tool kit & the other for a clinometer. That would tie in with R.O.F I guess.....& the date. (Not that I know what I'm talking about mind) H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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