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can you post more pics? is there anything on the base?
The Tin would have contained 10 British pressure switches and percussion Caps.
There would have been a label and booklet to describe what type of switch and its uses inside the tin, i would have thought it was written on the lid but both my examples just say pressure or release, i would have thought either of these switches could have gone in the tin....... Dave
http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedkingdom/switchno2pressuremk1mk2.html
http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedkingdom/switchno5pressuremk1.html
There would have been a label and booklet to describe what type of switch and its uses inside the tin, i would have thought it was written on the lid but both my examples just say pressure or release, i would have thought either of these switches could have gone in the tin....... Dave
http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedkingdom/switchno2pressuremk1mk2.html
http://www.lexpev.nl/fuzesandigniters/unitedkingdom/switchno5pressuremk1.html
The tin was probably an inner container. Pressure switches such as these would have been used in booby traps.
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