CartDorset
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I recently bought a large British ammo box, dated 1939, which is marked in yellow standard 3/4" lettering "GRENADE .TYPE 7 (G.P.) 1 25" with large 1" numbers "339" above this and on both end inside the handles. Lettering looks to have been over painted green at a later date.
I had thought that the 339 might be the date 3/39 or 3-39 but no sign of this spacing. The only wartime GP Grenade I can find is the small SOE one, but I can't see that this was ever called a type 7 and wouldn't have been about in 1939. The box also seems too large for those. The No.7 Grenade was a WW1 interim type so I'm guessing wasn't issued in 1939. Definitely no missing numbers - so just a 7, not 77, 75, etc. Other boxes seem to use "No. 77" for numbered series grenades rather than "TYPE 77" and this box doesn't seem to match the usual labelling format for grenade boxes.
Does anyone recognise the designation at all?
thanks
I had thought that the 339 might be the date 3/39 or 3-39 but no sign of this spacing. The only wartime GP Grenade I can find is the small SOE one, but I can't see that this was ever called a type 7 and wouldn't have been about in 1939. The box also seems too large for those. The No.7 Grenade was a WW1 interim type so I'm guessing wasn't issued in 1939. Definitely no missing numbers - so just a 7, not 77, 75, etc. Other boxes seem to use "No. 77" for numbered series grenades rather than "TYPE 77" and this box doesn't seem to match the usual labelling format for grenade boxes.
Does anyone recognise the designation at all?
thanks