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Hi,
Last evening I purchased at a local auction a all wood ammunitions box. It is approx 15 inches high by 9 and 1/4 inches deep and 18 inches long. On the box it says 1200 cartridges Ball
Caliber .30 MI in clips and bandoleers
ammunitions lot number
Frankford Arsenal 2016 . Could you tell me more about it? Thank you for you time, I appreciate it very much. Take care,
Sincerely,
Darlene
I’m not from the Historical Society but it sounds like a box from cartridges from the civil war (war between the states) era. This is a link to the Frankford Arsenal wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford_Arsenal