Original U.S. WWII Unissued K-Ration 3 Meal Units - Breakfast, Dinner, Supper Antique Shotguns which eventually exposed the detonator

which eventually exposed the detonator to a firing mechanism

The number 78 is impressed in the wood around the trigger guard

and there are some holes

WHITBY is an old Whaling town in the North East of England on the Yorkshire Coast on the North Sea

making this a very hard to find item

Original U.S. WWII Unissued K-Ration 3 Meal Units - Breakfast, Dinner, Supper Antique Shotguns which eventually exposed the detonatorOriginal Items: Only One Available. The K ration was an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank crews, motorcycle couriers, and other mobile forces for a short duration. The K ration provided three separately boxed meal units: breakfast, dinner (lunch) and supper (dinner). The K ration