Any clues as to what this may have been for....?

[clossinpdx]

The crinkle finish suggests commercial market for Sterling. Certainly the brass plate suggests Sterling...but...perhaps the automobile ? No way a Mk5 gun is going to fit in here, even pulled all the way down.
Link : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Special-Fo...710318?hash=item5d996855ee:g:1jkAAOSwHEld8-iE

 

[clossinpdx]

And here I was...thinking of forwarding this to Peter L. and now just read of the case against him. So much for that source of knowledge being tapped.

 

[Lima]

If it is Sterling, I think it would have to be for a Mark 7 pistol and accessories.

 

[clossinpdx]

Well, whatever it may be for will remain a mystery to me. Someone may know as there's a bid on it. I suspected just what you've stated Lima and asked if he thought as much and to my surprise he had a Mk7 dewat and sent these...

 

[rybread]

Resisted as just a box??

 

[MGSwifter]

Possibly the armor’s tool box for the MK 5. The internal brackets resemble the box in the Guns of D.

 

[Traveler]

Never seen that metal box before. Maybe something for the Rover Sterling car? It’s too small to be a Mk5 armor’s tool kit and they are made of wood.

Do you have a Nikko-Sterling scope? That’s the only Sterling thing I can think of that might fit in those brackets.

 

[Lima]

On thinking about it... if it was actually made by Sterling, the brass plate would be the logo with the box around it. If it was military, I would expect it would have the military designation like L34A1 or NATO number not 'Sterling'

 

[Traveler]

On thinking about it... if it was actually made by Sterling, the brass plate would be the logo with the box around it. If it was military, I would expect it would have the military designation like L34A1 or NATO number not 'Sterling'

One would think that, but it’s not always the case. For example, the Mk5 / L34A1 armor’s tool kit doesn’t have the boxed Sterling logo. It just has a small aluminum plate engraved with “STERLING S.5 ARMOURERS KIT”