Original U.S. WWII Wood Transit Crate with 12 Dummy Mk 2 Grenades German Field Equipment Spandau Arsenal

Spandau Arsenal

Data plate reads:MOUNT

Most of the original dark Luftwaffe blue gray crinkle paint is intact

the label inside these reads "100% Cotton Shell"

A very effective field repair

Original U.S. WWII Wood Transit Crate with 12 Dummy Mk 2 Grenades German Field Equipment Spandau ArsenalOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wood crate designed to hold 24 MK11A1 hand grenades. The fragmentation (frag) grenade has a filling of flakes of smokeless powder. The grenade's original version (Mk II) had a filling of TNT, but it was found that the violence of TNT over fragmented the grenade, and the less violent filling of smokeless powder was sufficient to produce an adequate number of lethal fragments. The grenade was detonated by pulling a pin