Although Chatwood went one better without needing to wait for the patent to run out -instead of attaching blocks, he made the bolts both wedged and hooked.
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The safe on the left is an earlier version than yours and the one on the right is later.
I would doubt that the green one is original finish but the one on the right would appear correct for the time.
Hello Tom and Safeman (And all others :)
Many thanks for the informations and the pics. I have now all the measurements in mm. Hope it can help more. For the handle, I also think that it was a knob and not a lever. But nothing is sure at this point. Give me your comments about the key. How was the original key head? Is it the original tip? You know, when my father found the safe in 1964, I think that the key was broken in the hole. This is why he didn't make any hole in the door. He has probably welded one standard brass head to use the key.
I have also place some pics from ebay, similar to my safe. Thanks to compare.