April 11-13, 2023 Firearms and Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2023
Extremely rare original U.S. Savage Lewis .30-06 pan magazines in their original fitted wooden carrying box. Contains 3 original 97-round pan magazines, each marked “.30 US”. Carrying handle doubles as lid retention latch, with spring loaded release button. CONDITION: Overall appearance and finish of magazines is fine to extremely fine original finish showing some loss of finish to gray patina. All pans appear to be fully serviceable with leather handles intact. Wooden box retains over 90% of its original navy grey paint on the exterior flaking away to reveal the wood in places. Interior of box was never painted except where exterior paint found its way in through at the edges. Box is unrestored with dovetailed corners with a crack at the center bottom and at the top right edge, and some corrosion to the metal hardware. A good wood restorer could improve this, but the box is very attractive and completely serviceable as is. An exceptionally rare item, and a very special find for the advanced Lewis Machine Gun collector, especially if they have a .30-06 Lewis machine gun in need of magazines. JWK 2023-4-25