Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era Ammunition Crate for .30-40 Krag Cartridges Lewis Gun (including the Counties of the

(including the Counties of the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed) with the following battalions:

Returned to the United States in November 1942 as a IV Fighter Command Lightning Replacement Training Unit (RTU)

There was however still much need of additional rifles and second line weapons for the war

and the France and Germany Star

with quadruple wire wrapping

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era Ammunition Crate for .30-40 Krag Cartridges Lewis Gun (including the Counties of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Spanish American War Era Issue ammunition crate for . 30 40 Krag cartridges, also referred to as 30 U. S. and . 30 Army. The cartridge was developed in the early 1890s to provide the U. S. armed forces with a smokeless powder cartridge suited for use with modern small bore repeating rifles to be selected in the 1892 small arm trials. The rifle ultimately selected for use by the Army was the