Incredible piece of WWII Naval History—Atlantic theatre (read Europe missions).
Each Naval Pilot was issued one of these heavy rubber waterproof packs prior to flying assigned missions over enemy territory in the Atlantic theatre.
The Pacific Rim rubber pack did not contain near as much gold as the Atlantic pack did.
In this particular one were two watches with the following writing on the faces of each:
MILUS
Instant Date
21 Jewels
Milushock
M. 40 A1
Swiss Made
The gold coins from left to right:
British Gold Sovereign
British Gold ½ Sovereign
unknown european fractional gold
gold Swiss franc,
gold French rooster.
The round pendant inscribed with a “P” and has a bail for wearing on a chain is 24K pure
The four heavy gold links are also 24K pure and weigh within 1/100 of a gram of gold each. Soft enough to twist apart and separate the links they could be used as individual bribes if needed.
The 3 large rings at the bottom are 9ct gold and very large for fitting over a man’s knuckles.
Extremely hard to cut open, the contents were not tampered with in these, which now resides in a retired navy pilot’s personal collection.
Each pilot was instructed to turn these in upon safe return back to base after a mission. This and some others were found in a small horde in a garage sale in Michigan. Also accompanying these eKits were the government destruction procedure papers for melting and recovering the gold.
These were never intended to ever see the light of day nor fall into the hands of civilians.
An example of the incredible stuff available to citified prospectors like I teach others how to be....