I bought this German Ammo Box!

[Johan X Nylund]

I bought this German Ammo Box and I'm not sure how old it is, It's very hard to figure out the text on it!
The only markings I can see on the box is: 9437, hrh/40 and a very tiny Nazi Eagle on the top where the handle is!




Please give me any feedback as soon as possible!

[GIZMO8Z]

These things were stock piled and issued post-war, too. As such, I suspect that the green paint is not WWII vintage.

My guess would be 1940.

[MP44tom]

Well, the maker mark hrh/40 indicates that it is produced in 1940. hrh is Daimon Fabrik elektrotechnischer Apparate GmbH (???)
are you sure it is hrh ??

The number 9437 most probably is the weapon number of the MG.

btw, if the paint is original, it is very nice..... is there red under the green ??

Tom
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[Johan X Nylund]

I'm pretty much sure it's hrh... look at the picture I took and see what you think!
It's red there, but not under the overlayer of green, guess it's painted green because there is a darker green color underneath!

[GIZMO8Z]

I see brh...?

[Johan X Nylund]

is brh more likely?

[zwerge]

To me it looks like brb,if so that is Richard Rinker of Menden,they are listed as makers of ammo boxes.....Pete.

[Johan X Nylund]

cant be, the last letter is -h- so it must be something with H!

[zwerge]

If it`s brh then it`s Schaltbau,Munich,they did make things for the army in WW2,scroll down to page 14.......http://www.schaltbau-gmbh.com/files/...haltbau_en.pdf

[MP44tom]

It's brh

According to Michael Heidlers book "Deutsche Fertigungskennzeichen" they did make Gurtkasten

If the original paint is still under there I would try to remove the new layer of paint

Tom
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