Very rare Riegelmine Klein (44)
Found this recently described as an "old metal box in red" (it was painted in red before) and the shape seemed familiar to me, and after googling "Riegelmine" I was pretty certain this was one.
But the Riegelmine 43 is a lot longer than this one, but I found one picture on the internet showing this one in relic condition.
It was called a Riegelmine Klein 44, "Klein" just being small in German.
The pictures were terrible in the advert so I couldn't see much.
But I decided to place a rather high bid of 85€ for it and got it.
First thing I noticed was the maker mark ewc or ewo 44 I think.
So it was indeed original.
I got to removing the red paint but unfortunately the paint on the lower part was such terrible quality that it came off with the red, wasn't the case with the top piece weirdly enough.
I repainted the lower piece in dunkelgelb 43 to match it and I will get to aging that to match the condition of the top as well.
All in all that one website was the only source I found on the internet that talked about this mine.
Hope you like it.
My first mine.
Luis
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