Original WWII U.S. Army Wooden Shotgun T3ABD 12 Gauge No.00 Buckshot M1917 Ammunition Crate with Liner - Dated 1944 Edged Weapons At the time of mustering

At the time of mustering in

Los Angeles in excellent condition

The heavy blade was remounted around 1800/1850 as an Ottoman Empire Officer's Shamshir Sword complete with decorated brass hilt with wood grip scales

and there are no major nicks or chips on the edge

which look to be from wear

Original WWII U.S. Army Wooden Shotgun T3ABD 12 Gauge No.00 Buckshot M1917 Ammunition Crate with Liner - Dated 1944 Edged Weapons At the time of musteringOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M1917 Ammunition Packing Box was a wooden box designed to be reused. The lid was secured by tightening brass wingnuts over threaded metal posts in the walls of the chest. They were meant to be carried by means of handles milled into the ends of the chest; troops assigned to carry ammo found them hard to grasp. Ammunition was shipped in boxes with a hermetically sealed terneplate lining that had the top soldered