frijoles108
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Hello guys
I need your help and advice. I spotted this ammunition crate recently and it was being sold as 1917 Russian ammunition crate for 3 inch shrapnel. The seller claims they got it with a old list inside of old furs that this box had been repurposed to ship inside it after ww1. Skeptical, I had a friend of mine from Russia translate the text on top also, to cross reference what it said. According to him it says 3 inch shrapnel, 8 pieces, ordered from britain. So, I wasn't concerned about the seller not telling the truth about what the text said when I confirmed it to say almost the identical thing as they described. Then I moved onto the next subject of concern. How is it known that it is from 1917? The owner is of older age I believe and said she could not remember where or when she heard it but she knows she heard it was from 1917 from someone. I realize non of the original furniture for holding the projectiles is inside of the crate still, as it was repurposed to just hold animal furs for shipping, but is it actually from ww1? I'm a ww1 collector and this isn't cheap, so I don't want to be stuck with what turns out to be something from post ww1. If anyone can pass on some information I would be very grateful.
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I need your help and advice. I spotted this ammunition crate recently and it was being sold as 1917 Russian ammunition crate for 3 inch shrapnel. The seller claims they got it with a old list inside of old furs that this box had been repurposed to ship inside it after ww1. Skeptical, I had a friend of mine from Russia translate the text on top also, to cross reference what it said. According to him it says 3 inch shrapnel, 8 pieces, ordered from britain. So, I wasn't concerned about the seller not telling the truth about what the text said when I confirmed it to say almost the identical thing as they described. Then I moved onto the next subject of concern. How is it known that it is from 1917? The owner is of older age I believe and said she could not remember where or when she heard it but she knows she heard it was from 1917 from someone. I realize non of the original furniture for holding the projectiles is inside of the crate still, as it was repurposed to just hold animal furs for shipping, but is it actually from ww1? I'm a ww1 collector and this isn't cheap, so I don't want to be stuck with what turns out to be something from post ww1. If anyone can pass on some information I would be very grateful.
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