I picked this up quite a few years ago here in Berlin. I know that they weren´t ever mil issue but haven´t been able to find a maker´s mark or when it was made. Don´t know when pop fasteners were invented or first used. Apparently, snail drums only became available to the civilian market some time after 1920. The old lad I obtained it from had been an infantry officer. He also sold me the snail drum and loading tool.
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