Mystery of the Missing Wartime Long Branch Snipers

[stencollector]

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Interesting picture. My son-in-law has one of those chests. Do you know why they were painted that color?

It will be sometime in or after the mid 60s. Often the pale yellow was just used to cover up the original markings...clean up the box so to speak. I have a few dozen of the Cno7 crates that have all kinds of cover-up paint. I'm heading out to he shop now, so I'll check to see if there are any indications of the timeline.

Here are some more shots from when I brought home the two chests:











These photos were from the chest painted with the pale yellow. The bulk of the markings were on the middle layer. Markings included: Top right had the number 4422-23-24, along with other numbers and letters I could not decipher. Markings on the center of the lid proved slightly more interesting. Careful deciphering makes it look like it was shipped to "officer commanding XX Canadian training B Dundurn Saskatchewan".

Below is the crate with all the markings stripped.