Original U.S. WWII Japanese Mine Training Aid Set No.2 in Crate German Badges & Signs This particular example is from

This particular example is from a Volunteer Militia unit and has the maker and inspection information stamped on the inside of the leather liner band:

It does have a gear in the bottom

Colonel Johnson was the best-known loss

as classified by Art Phelps in his book on Merwin

indicating manufacture at the Royal French Arsenal located in Châtellerault

Original U.S. WWII Japanese Mine Training Aid Set No.2 in Crate German Badges & Signs This particular example is fromOriginal Items: Only One Available. This Mine Training Aid Set No. 2, Japanese consists of a wood transit chest with metal hinges and latches holding several WWII U. S. made inert Japanese explosive devices for use as training aids. This kit was designed for issue to Engineering units, in order to prepare men for the task of dealing with Japanese ordnance in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. All components are completely inert and void of any