UC Grenade Box Interior

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Brad was asking about this, so I thought that I would share what I have for all to see. It took me a while to find this box out in the shed, and it's gotten pretty cold out again (-20C). Below are two photos of the origional interior of the grenade boxes. This particular box was the one by the driver, but the others are the similar.
The cradles are 7 layers of wood. They were likely glued together, but have long since seperated. They are held to the bottom by four wood screws. The thick piece of felt on the lid is attched to a thin strip of wood, which in turn is held by two small screws.

Here it is shown with two 36Ms in the cradles. Below the grenades are removed from the cradles, showing the remains of the woodwork, which has been subject to some decay (or more likely fire damage when some previous owner removed the box with a torch). Behind the grenade box, is my new Bren magazine loading tool, which I just had to show off. This is the tool that stows in the angled box on the external battery box lid.

It is also worthy to note that the boxes had another thin sandwich of wood between the division plate, and the boxes themselves. I believe the same also goes for the drivers box where it attached to the stowage bin.
If anyone wants any more detailed photos, just ask and I will post them here.