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flare case

smle2009

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Hi to all,
looking for info for the country of origin for these two flare cases,first one is a steel lacqured case with the headstamp lrv 55.
The second is a alloy case with no headstamp,my hunch on this one is Iraq?.
Photo'd with a British L5A1 1" flare for scale.
Cheers
Tony
 

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Flare

Not my area Tony, but the lacquered steel case is Czech. The alloy one could be Iraqi or from any other Arabic language country, but I don't know enough about these.

Regards
TonyE
 
Many thanks TonyE,
I guesed Iraq as I have a 7.62x39 round with the same symbols as on the bottom right of the flare case,but also have the same on a Persian issue bayonet(numbers I believe?)

All the best Tony
P.S how is your book coming along?
 
Book

The answer at the moment is slowly! Because I did not manage to get to Tucson when I was in the US recently I will have to make another trip, but it will not be until later in the year. I do not want to go ahead and publish without checking the Woodin collection. However, there is still some work I can do on the book and get it finished apart from that final check.

I will keep you informed of progress...

Cheers
TonyE
 
Hi,

the czech steel cartridge is a single star red. This Cartridge was produced from 1948 to 1958. The manufacturer was Zeveta Bojkovice, formerly Kyser & son. The arabic cartridge is from Egypt, produced from the german manufacturer Feistel in 1970.
Hope this helps
Horst
 
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