A 20cm x 24cm x 35cm wooden sea locker with sliding lid with iron hasp which would allow a padlock for security. Lid can be reversed. One side of the lid has the soldier’s name and unit stenciled on. In the event of the Marine’s death, the box with his personal effects could be mailed to his widow by flipping the lid over. The reverse side has the name and address of his (if he died) widow (Wittwe). This is a wonderful piece of Imperial German navy history, I have never seen another one. Perhaps the only surviving example of the issue sea locker in which German marines would store their personal items while deployed on board ship.