KM141 (WW-II American Bullet Casing) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1943
Not before (date)
1943
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Bullet
Description
Unfired American bullet with bottleneck shape. Flat base has headstamp: WRA 1943 | 303. .303 caliber bullet manufactured in 1943 by Winchester Repeating Arms in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In the late stages of World War II, Allied British operations in Greece were forcing the Wehrmacht to retreat northward. WRA provided ordnance to British military on contract at the time.
Preservation comment
Intact. Very slight, sparse abrasion; very slight, very sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1241, 1249-1250, no. 975, fig. 28.8
Base Diameter
0.008
Length
0.072
Belongs to Historical Period
Modern (Historical Period)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph