Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper covered with four rows of red blocks

Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper

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Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper
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Cylindrical stick of explosive substitute in cream paper wrapper covered with four rows of red blocks, and red print: ‘GROUP P4’; ‘CARRIFRAX’; ‘Alfred Nobel’; Nobel's Explosive Company Limited Trade Mark; ‘GLASGOW’; ‘NOT MORE IN ANY ONE’; ‘SHOT HOLE THAN 36oz’; ‘1 7/16 in. 8 oz.’, by Nobel's Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Scotland, 1877-1926

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Category:
Mining & Ore Dressing
Object Number:
1969-556/5
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
explosive substitute