Original WWII German Glass Mine with Lid, Fuze, & Display Charge Box - Glasmine 43 Scottish Militaria 7 cm) cardboard box

7 cm) cardboard box

- WWII original unissued ski wax blue (dry snow)

fired cap residue

The plating on the borders has worn away

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

Original WWII German Glass Mine with Lid, Fuze, & Display Charge Box - Glasmine 43 Scottish Militaria 7 cm) cardboard boxOriginal 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