Need ID for Canadian WW2 ammuntion box

[lock1nout]

Looking for some background information. Found in Northen Ontario. Looks to be from 1943.

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[browningautorifle]

It looks like a mortar bomb box but the pics are hard to tell. There's no scale or measurements. Also it may not be Canadian made. Just issued with ordnance. We used lots of those over the years for many jobs...

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[Flying10uk]

Is the identification panel/area a separate piece of metal that's been stamped then attached to the box or is just part of the box pressing? I haven't seen this style of identification panel' with a border before on a British style ammo box.

It looks like the British style/design of ammo box apart from the I.D. panel but other Commonwealth Countries such as Canada would, most likely, have produced similar boxes to the British design.

[browningautorifle]

C298 means "Cartridge 298", but I don't know which. It could be, say, four 6 pounders...the 298 is the question.