Unknown Box

[littlerocknroller]

Hello everybody!
Again a question from Germany. I got as a gift a bundle of nice blue cardboard boxes. One box is a miracle for me. It is a brown box looking like wood. It measures appr. 10" x 4" x 1,5". I guess it is a box Smith & Wesson used for shipping repaired guns. The lable, however, is handwritten in French language. I include 2 pictures to give you a better impression of the in- and outside of the box and the label. Can any expert give me an explanation of what this box was for and the date it was in use? Thank you and have a nice Sunday.
Rainer

 

[s&wchad]

I don't think S&W used boxes like that.
It looks like an older Colt 2 piece box that didn't receive the gold brand stamping.

 

[moosedog]

Agree. Colt had the wood grained boxes.

 

[Truckman]

It looks like an older Colt 2 piece box that didn't receive the gold brand stamping.

I see quite a few reproduction boxes like that, and knew a person who printed them also...Beware the source......Ben

 

[littlerocknroller]

I see quite a few reproduction boxes like that, and knew a person who printed them also...Beware the source......Ben

This box is in Germany for more than 50 years. In 4th edition standard catalogue, page 53 are some information about brown boxes looking like wood. The French label looks more strange to me.

 

[chief38]

I agree - that is not a S&W box I have ever seen and does look alike a Colt knock-off.

 

[offrdmania]

It could just be a generic box. The label looks to be universal for any year, make or model

 

[Degg]

I know this is a little old but just ran across it. There is a box like it listed on GB - different label but the one the OP has may just have a sticker over this brand.