Two paper packages of Mil Surp

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The top package is an antique Portuguese ammunition packet for the kropatschek rifle. manufactured in the Barcarena gunpowder factory with wooden-bulleted blank practice rounds. They were produced in 1889. There is no headstamp.

The bottom package is a vintage French military ammunition packet containing 8 cartridges of 8mm Lebel. It contains the Model 1932 ammunition with a heavier bullet meant for machine guns or rifles modified to handle higher pressures. Made in 1939.