Object details

Category
Weapons and ammunition
Related period
Second World War (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator
23 Transport Company Polish Army Service Corps workshop
Production date
1945-05-27
Dimensions

whole: BL: 29 ins Calibre: 12 bore

Catalogue number
FIR 5352

Object associations

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Polish Army Service Corps shotgun
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A brief record of the units of the Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Royal Canadian Army...
Uniforms and insignia
Badge, formation, Polish, 1st Armoured Division, Army Service Corps

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