Inventarnummer
200507.4.242
Beschreibung
A rectangular British Forces post box (bfpo post box) from Operation Grandby. It is made of wood, painted red with a small metal door. There is a George VI cypher on a white enamelled metal plate on front of box, with words “Post Office Letter Box” in large letters. In small lettering below is a notice saying “Letters containing coins, paper money or jewellery should not be posted in this box but should be registered”.
Below this is a key lock door for emptying the box with a key in the lock. The door has an oval car sized sticker with various flags of NATO countries and “Bold Guard 86 NATO Ubung “, which was a multinational training exercise in the area of Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.
Datum
1936
Entstehungszeitraum
Windsor, 1910-
Material
Format
- 430 mm
- Width: 350 mm
- Height: 966 mm