A "few" Patronenkästen 41

[PotatoDigger]

Since I have a few of these now, I decided to post them all, especially since today is very nice weather, so I took them outside and took a few photos.
4 of them are marked brc "Fritz Weber & Co, Laternenfabrik Berlin SO36" and one is made by skt which I wasn't able to find out yet.
4 of them came directly from old farms and attics, only the one with the repaired latch was most likely bought from a collector.
None of the boxes cost more than 45€.
I hope you like them as much as I do
The ammo you see is all empty, I got that for free when I picked up some helmets at an elderly man's house.
Luis

[PotatoDigger]

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[BrodieBartfast]

A nice collection of ammunition boxes! Is the ammunition wartime dated?

B.B.

[PotatoDigger]

Thanks!
Yes, it's all war time or pre war, I have a bunch of lacquered steel cased ammo dated 1944, some pre war brass ones, some I think Polish made maybe and a lot of WWI galvanized steel and brass cases. I also have a few rounds of Mauser ammo that are made by FN but marked in cyrillic letters.
I can post the lot of ammo up as well, I carried it home in helmets
Luis

[BrodieBartfast]

Very nice! You must have enough there to fill a few 50-round belts.

B.B.

[PotatoDigger]

Yeah, if I remember correctly, I have around 150 rounds of Mauser ammo, also have some .30-06, piece of an S.Mi.Z.35, a French Lebel round with a wood tip dated 1899 and around 23 Mauser 5 round stripper clips.
A friend who also came with me took a G3 magazine and a bunch of NATO ammo.
Luis

[BrodieBartfast]

That's a very good find. Inert wartime 7.92 costs an arm and a leg over here, and filling a 50-round belt can be costly.

B.B.

[PotatoDigger]

That's a very good find. Inert wartime 7.92 costs an arm and a leg over here, and filling a 50-round belt can be costly.

B.B.

Yeah it's no different over here in Germany, what people charge for just one round is quite a lot indeed.
Luis