P08 ammo packaging crate, 1944

Vlim · 11-26-2004, 05:02 PM

Hi,

Well, just about all of the above

The P08 label reads 'Limited Pistole 08 useage (incidental cartridge jams)', which was common for steel cased and brass-ish 9mm rounds of the late war years.

This label contains the packaging info (4160 rounds), produced in 1944 by rfo.

And the transport label. It was sent from a subdepot in Kassel, rather than to it.

The Depot in Ihringhausen was used by the advancing allies during 1945 as a main depot for distribution of captured medical supplies. A 1945 report mentions the following:

"A large captured German depot at Ihringshausen, Germany, presented an excellent nucleus for a base issuing depot, and it was decided that stocks from the collecting point and miscellaneous outlying locations would be concentrated here. It is estimated that one hundred long tons of medical supplies were issued from this point during the month of April (1945, GVV)."

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11-26-2004, 05:02 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, Well, just about all of the above The P08 label reads 'Limited Pistole 08 useage (incidental cartridge jams)', which was common for steel cased and brass-ish 9mm rounds of the late war years. This label contains the packaging info (4160 rounds), produced in 1944 by rfo. And the transport label. It was sent from a subdepot in Kassel, rather than to it. The Depot in Ihringhausen was used by the advancing allies during 1945 as a main depot for distribution of captured medical supplies. A 1945 report mentions the following: "A large captured German depot at Ihringshausen, Germany, presented an excellent nucleus for a base issuing depot, and it was decided that stocks from the collecting point and miscellaneous outlying locations would be concentrated here. It is estimated that one hundred long tons of medical supplies were issued from this point during the month of April (1945, GVV)."