When I was in the Army, had one of the old plywood footlockers. Certainly know what they look like. At a local thrift I have been eyeing a similar size trunk. Today I knelt down and gave it the one over. I knew it had machine cut dovetails, on all four sides. Top appears to be plywood, lots of paint. On the bottom, and by the hinges there is some Olive Drab paint. In fact it is the base coat. No names, stencils or writing on the box anywhere. Nearly the same size as the regulation army footlocker. The lift out tray is missing, but rested on two dowels located on either side. Inside is bare wood, again no names, scribbling, nothing. The hinges are steel, with the feature to let the lid rock all the way back and down. Hasp is just that, one, for a padlock. Handles on either end, fold down steel, standard looking things. The dovetails are near perfect, corners are rounded slightly. No damage or water damage to speak of. Has the appearance of age, 70, 80 years or more? Doesn't look like they issued footlockers in the Great War, so anyone got any ideas a to origin. Wouldn't even ask but for that OD paint and being so well made.
