Original British Napoleonic - Crimean War Era Cannon Grease Pail with Chained Cover Category_MG 34 Mounts 43 represents the year of

43 represents the year of manufacture 1943 and 415 is the batch or serial number

as the 28th Infantry Division (this lineage giving it the divisional nickname of the Eisernes Kreuz Schlesische Division

was himself shot down and killed on 10th May

These were expected to break through a thin screen of anti-tank guns

Original British Napoleonic - Crimean War Era Cannon Grease Pail with Chained Cover Category_MG 34 Mounts 43 represents the year ofOriginal item: Only One Available. This is a Classic British Muzzle Loaded Cannon accessory, an iron GREASE PAIL, measuring 7" tall by 9 1 2" wide including the chained on lid cover. This is all made of thick IRON with a fixed heavy chain link suspension chain on which is attached and trapped the iron lid so it cannot get lost. These Grease Pails were intended to hang from a hook found on the front of a Field Carriage, where it was easily accessible