Original WWII Japanese Battlefield Pickup Type 89 Display Knee Mortar dated 1940 - Serial 71696 German Afrikakorp The Depot was the home

The Depot was the home base to the ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORP and its Title and Badge are on the outside sliding cover

and it became known as the Pattern 42 Bergen Rucksack

so this is most likely a rifle that never left the recruitment depot

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture of a high quality maker and in tombac

BAXTER published in 1970

Original WWII Japanese Battlefield Pickup Type 89 Display Knee Mortar dated 1940 - Serial 71696 German Afrikakorp The Depot was the homeOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Totally non functional and inert, having been demilled according to specifications outlined by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). The Type 89 Grenade Discharger, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It measures approximately 24 inches