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Identification of manufacturers' anchor monograms?

Dronic69

Dronic69

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Hi All,

I have been attempting to identify the anchor stamp in the attached photo as to which possible manufacturer may have used it. This seems to as usual leds to more questions than answers:

1) Which countries used "anchor" monograms to denote naval usage? (Britain, Japan*, US? Others?) ["N" was also used on cases, not to be confused with Nordenfelt]

2) Is there a list of British manufacturers who used anchor monograms? (I suspect it may be British)

*The Japanese used anchor monograms to identify different arsenals.

Any hints or glues certainly be appreciated!

Thanks

Cheers
Drew
 

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Britain used N as naval symbol.
Americans used anchor symbol or NS (naval station)
Russia used anchor or Upside down N. N3
Germany crowned M of kaiserliche marine, eagle M reichs marine, eagle with ventilator M kriegsmarine.
French ? Navy threated primers is navy I think.
but there is also a inspecteurs Mark anchor symbol from Britain.

I would also welcome more hints.
 
Very interesting - do you have any examples of British inspectors' mark anchors?

Cheers
Drew
 
So how did they identify an individual Inspector? Or was it just a "generic" mark to indicate that the object has been "inspected" (checked)?

Cheers
 
That's a question I can't answer. I thought it was the mark of a individual inspector, but maybe someone else could answer this.
 
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Well, there's a couple of "anchor" monograms in this excellent reference:

http://www.sha.org/documents/research/parks_canada_resources/trademarks on base-metal tableware.pdf

The above document even has "Camel" listed........remember this thread:



http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/76294-15-pdr-HE-projectile/page5?highlight=camel

Cheers
Drew

BTW - another one, modern but could be useful to some............again no anchors!!!!!

http://www.efcog.org/wg/ism_qa_scqtt/docs/MIL-HDBK-57F Trade Marks List.pdf
 
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Aren't the inspection stamps usually for the manufacturing facility as opposed to individuals?
 
Yes that is what I would have thought - else how many "anchor" monogram variations would there be for each individual...............................

At this stage I don't actually care who stamped it, but rather the place where it was "stamped"!

Cheers
Drew
 
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