Undetonated explosives were found near the opened safes when Talana Museum was burgled last week and over 90 valuable medals stolen.
The explosives have been sent for testing, police said.
A comprehensive list of the stolen items and pictures of the medals has been posted on Talana Museum’s website.
These include twenty-four Dundee trade tokens, military and police buttons, military badges, a 1 000 Reichsdollar note as well as money notes from Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Hong Kong, USA, Namibia and Switzerland.
A laptop, on which there was a comprehensive list of the Museum archive – 15 years of work, said curator, Pam McFadden – was also stolen, along with a data project and an undisclosed amount of cash.

The collection of old rifles was untouched – probably because the thieves know how hard it is to sell firearms.
The medals, however, would be quickly sold to unscrupulous dealers here and abroad.
“We have been touched by the flood of messages of support and of concern that have come in from around the world. If the stolen medals do surface, I am confident that we would be in a position to quickly expose the thieves. This happened once before when a medal pilfered from a showcase turned up in the United Kingdom and we were contacted,” said Pam.
The theft occurred during the early hours of Friday, October 9. All three of their safes were targeted, with the thieves gaining entry through the roof and drilling through 30cm of concrete.
Drill bits and even pieces of cutlery were found near the safe in the office behind the reception area. A carry trolley was also placed under the safe but the thieves must have realised that it was just too heavy to take.