Armor piercing white tracer made in 1941.  This type of tracer ignites at 100 meters after being fired then burns brightly to 600 meters when it burns out.  This type of ammo was apparently used primarily by the Luftwaffe.  It is also thought that it was used by ground forces as a means of concealing the point of fire.  Box shown is representative.  White tracer is possibly the least found color of tracer with yellow being most common.   $25 per box.

15 means the box contains 15 cartridges. Patronen means cartridges.   S.m.K. means armor piercing. L'spur (Leuchtspur or luminous) means tracer.   100/600 indicates the distance at which the tracer composition burns. The tracer color is white (weiss). The second line shows that the cartridge components were assembled by Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen GmbH, Selterhof Plant.  It was their 3rd delivery lot of 1941. Nz. Gew. Bl. P. means nitro cellulose rifle flaked powder.  (2, 2, 0.45) means the powder particles are 2mm by 2mm by .45 mm.  The powder was made by Deutsche Sprengchemie, Moschwig Plant, delivery lot 151 of 1940. Patrh. means cartridge case.  It was made by Markisches Walzwerk GmbH, Strausberg Bezirk Potsdam.(P. 315),  delivery lot 4 of 1940.  The S.* means the composition of the brass was 72% copper. Gesch. means bullet, made by Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen GmbH, Selterhof Plant, delivery lot 1 of 1941. Geschossteile means the bullet components, probably meaning the armor piercing core, made by Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen GmbH, Selterhof Plant, delivery lot and date unknown. Satz means the tracer composition and was made by the same maker as the bullet, delivery lot and date unknown. Zdh. means primer (Zundhutchen), 88 indicates the original type of primer that was introduced in 1888, brass primer cup, corrosive.  Made by Rheinisch-Westfalische Sprengstoff AG, Werk Stadeln bei Nurnberg, delivery lot 40 of 1941.

Black bullet tip indicates a tracer round.

The  "P315" means the cartridge case was made at Markisches Walzwerk GmbH, Strausberg Bezirk Potsdam.   40 means it was made in 1940. The S* means the brass used for the cartridge  case is 72 % copper. "4" means delivery lot 4 in 1940. The red primer sealant means it is an armor piercing round.

Box maker RH -1940