from an old housefrom an old house

in next time one tears off

I had to ask whether I receive it

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French in my opinion....for more information I can't help you right now, sorry.
But "Mle 1935" is typical for French ammunition, probaly the type of detonator.

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This box would have held HE/fragmentation shells for a French 60mm Modele 35 mortar. Nearly 5000 of these were in service with the French Army in 1940 ; the Germans captured many and called them 6cm Granatenwerfer 225(f). The design was used by the US as the 60mm Mortar M1.

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Thanks for the quick answer

Now I could selectively search

Have even found a picture of the kiste/box ---> the last pic

Axis History Forum • View topic - captured French mortars GrW.203(f), GrW.225(f), GrW.278(f)

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for it is better to dare great things, to suffer defeat and experience great triumphs, than to
take rank with the poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much . . . - lord byron - . . .

Yes I confirm the 6cm Mortar . Not certain, but I think Mle = Millesime which means the year it was made. You see this on some Champagne bottles too. Not certain about the F.A. either : possibly it is the name of the manufacturer of simply the words "Fabrication" and "Année".

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Nice find! You found these sitting in a barn?

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This is a pair of Dutch resistance crystal radios, built into a small metal can, and a matchbox. The image is from a postcard bought at a Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam. The matchbox is marked in Swedish, but Swedish matches were sold in Holland for many years..
Scott

I believe that the 'F.A' denotes the type of shell, but I'm not aware of the actual wording indicated by the letters.....

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could F be fragmentation? I think this is worth a phone call to one of my veteran friends. Maybe some of them may know.

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