Ammo

Russ · 10-09-2004, 02:05 PM

Can anyone tell me when this box of ammo was made? It is unopened so I canot see the head stamp.
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Vlim · 10-09-2004, 03:34 PM

Hi,

Hirtenberg can be found in Austria. An ammunition producer called 'Otto Eberhardt' was located there and it seems the company was impounded as a result of Jewish ownership. Many companies that were confiscated were placed in the hands of the 'Gustloff Stiftung'.

So production should be somewhere between 1934 and 1945, most probably after the annexation of Austria, so the 1938-1945 timeframe.

Russ · 10-09-2004, 03:55 PM

Thank You

Russ

Dwight Gruber · 10-09-2004, 04:21 PM

Gerben,

Check your PMs.

--Dwight

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10-09-2004, 03:34 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,987 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, Hirtenberg can be found in Austria. An ammunition producer called 'Otto Eberhardt' was located there and it seems the company was impounded as a result of Jewish ownership. Many companies that were confiscated were placed in the hands of the 'Gustloff Stiftung'. So production should be somewhere between 1934 and 1945, most probably after the annexation of Austria, so the 1938-1945 timeframe.

10-09-2004, 04:21 PM	#4
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,893 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,288 Times in 426 Posts	Gerben, Check your PMs. --Dwight