Original WWII German Glass Mine with Lid, Fuze, & Display Charge Box - Glasmine 43 Scottish Militaria There are also CROWN /

There are also CROWN / C markings on the bottom of the butt stock

So a couple of years ago this ancient collector sold the dirk to a dear friend of IMA director Christian Cranmer

Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign September - November

The plating on the borders has worn away

“B” Battery

Original WWII German Glass Mine with Lid, Fuze, & Display Charge Box - Glasmine 43 Scottish Militaria There are also CROWN /Original Item: Only One Available. The Glasmine 43 was an anti personnel mine with a glass body used by the Germans during World War II. This mine was an early form of minimum metal mine, designed with the minimum amount of metal to reduce the likelihood of detection by the Polish mine detector then in use by Allied forces. The reduced use of metal was beneficial because it saved this valuable war resource for other uses. The mine consists of a glass