A friend acquired this box at the recent Big Sandy MG Shoot, and was told it was to contain a single Lewis drum.  Can anyone identify it/confirm this identity?

Thanks in advance,

Taber

I've never seen a single carrier?  Some better pics of the hardware may help?  It's possibly from another country as well?  The hardware style can often help identify a country of origin.

I now have this wood box in hand, and have taken more pictures.  Shown with a Lewis magazine, however, just for scale.  The internal pads on the bottom and both sides would "fit" a Lewis drum, and there is a round "wear pattern" on one internal side of the box.  There are NO markings that I can find, which would lead me to believe that it is not US.  Any help or suggestions are welcome!

I'd agree it's not US.  Doesn't look like any British hardware I've seen either?   Maybe Russian?  I'm not familiar with what style of hardware/ construction they may have used?  I did look thru my Lewis reference books and did not see anything, but of course that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just that there's no reference to it?   I did see one photo in the Belgian Rattlesnake book that shows a grainy photo of a guy kneeling on a similar size box on p389 of Japanese soldiers  setup with a lewis, but it's not good enough to tell anything definitive for me?   Sorry I can't be of more help?   Good mystery!

Thanks for looking and for the Japanese lead.