Explosive Safety Cartridges' box for badge dies
Object No. 95/245/21
Ammunition storage box, 'Explosive Safety Cartridges', reused to store badge dies, wood, made by the New South Wales Government, Australia, 1940-1950
Loading...
Summary
Physical Description
Box, ammunition storage reused for storing badge dies, wood, made by the New South Wales Government, New South Wales, Australia, 1940-1950 Rough pine ammunition storage box reused to store dies, rectangular without cover, stamped on both long sides; EXPLOSIVE / SAFETY CARTRIDGES / NOT LIABLE TO EXPLODE IN BULK / AMMUNITION DIVISION 1 CLASS 6 / IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES / OF NEW ZEALAND; stamped on ends; .22 RIM FIRE / LONG RIFLE / SMOKELESS / CARTRIDGES. Paper label on one end; DIE FOR / CEREMONIAL HELMET CH[IN ...]. Paper tag printed; O.H.M.S. / FROM GOVERNMENT STORES DEPARTMENT / HARRINGTON & ESSEX STREET, SYDNEY / 16965 7.52 sT5097 in red ink; Large N.S.W. Govt. / Button. DIES.
DIMENSIONS
Height
50 mm
Width
395 mm
Depth
200 mm
SOURCE
Credit Line
Gift of Government Stores Department, 1995
Acquisition Date
13 September 1995
Copyright for the above image is held by the Powerhouse and may be subject to third-party copyright restrictions. Please submit an Image Licensing Enquiry for information regarding reproduction, copyright and fees. Text is released under Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative licence.
Image Licensing Enquiry
Object Enquiry