The cartridges are fired from the rifle and the wooden bullets are trapped by the tail-fin assemblies launching and arming the grenade
A red-letter day of the campaign occurred when Ventebren and Tete de Lavina were captured by the 2nd and 3rd Battalions
Most likely this was kept by a WW1 Veteran
There is also a significant dent on top of the shell
Camouflaged in Waxed Paper Wrapper by ACME COTTON PRODUCTS
Original German WWII 1943 dated Wehrmacht 200L Fuel Drum Lid by Eugen Zumtobel - 22 1/2" Wide Gift Card The cartridges are fired fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice fuel drum lid, dated 1943, used by Germany during WWII. This was removed from the drum, which would have been very large and heavy, and brought back home by a USGI after the war. It still has clear embossed markings on it: 19 kxw 43 KRAFTSTOFF 200L FEUERGEFHRLICH WEHRMACHT Produced in 1943, this lid, and presumably the drum it went to, were made by contractor "kxw", Eugen Zumtobel of Dorbirn