Box, Wood, for 9 Fuzes, Mine, Antipersonnel, German, S.Mi.35, 1943

Genuine WWII German wooden box, designed for containing nine fuzes intended for the Schrapnellmine 35 or Sprengen Mine 1935 (antipersonnel mine).

Developed in the 1930s, this 'bouncing' mine was made up of a cylindrical steel canister and a steel body containing some 350 steel balls. Once its mechanism had been activated, the mine would be ejected several feet above the ground before exploding, thus spreading its projectiles within a wide deadly radius.

Quite good, used condition; retains its original label, dated 1943, and some of its paint.

Hinges and latch are in working order.

Dimensions: about 7.5in x 6.3in x 5.5in.