Original U.S. WWII Notice to Population of Bastogne to Report Found Ordnance Dated February 1945 - 8¼ x 10½” MG 34 Ammo Storage both leather keeper loops

both leather keeper loops

There are no maker stamps or dates on this pack

This double hammer / double charge rifled musket should be considered a very interesting variation on the Civil War era Springfield Rifled musket

so this officer was definitely someone of some importance

we can see that he was from Clearfield County

Original U.S. WWII Notice to Population of Bastogne to Report Found Ordnance Dated February 1945 - 8¼ x 10½” MG 34 Ammo Storage both leather keeper loopsOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. The goal of the German offensive was the harbor at Antwerp. In order to reach it before the Allies could regroup and bring their superior air power to bear, German mechanized forces had to seize the roadways through eastern Belgium. Because all seven