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ammo crate for a single 300 rd sleeve

Peter S

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This is a crate/box to accommodate a single 300 rd sleeve of ammo. I believe that originally this crate contained a sleeve of SmK(H) due to the orange stripe. It was reused later and contained a sleeve of SmE. It has an address printed on a couple of sides suggesting that a GI used it to send items home.

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yes! that it is for a single sleeve kind of supports the idea that AP ammo was held for special purpose & not casually distributed. thanks for great detail pics!
 
Thank you all for looking and commenting. In my entire collecting career I have only seen two of these crates/boxes for sale. The first one was on one of the auction sites and went for some serious money. The second one (this one) was listed on the Wehrmact Awards Forum back in 2011 and luckily I was able to purchase it.
 

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