Manufacturer's Codes

[EODGUY]

Can anyone provide me with the codes used by the following US ordnance makers?

Airtight Steel Co., Pittbugh, PA WWI Liven's projectors
Allegheny Steel Co. 3" Stokes mortar rounds
Bartlett-Hayward Co., Baltimore, MD WWI arty projectiles & fuzes
Bethlehem Loading Co., Mays Landing, NJ WWI 75mm projectiles
Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, PA WWI arty projectiles & fuzes
Best Foundry Co., Bedford, OH WI 6" Stokes mortar rounds
California Loading Co., Old Bridge, NJ WWI 75mm projectiles
Dayton Wire & Wheel Co., Dayton, OH WWI 4" Stokes mortar rounds
Dupont Engineering Co., Penniman, VA WWI 75mm projectiles
Eddystone Munitions Corporation WWI arty fuzes
Edward G. Budd Co., Philadelphia, PA WWI 6" Sutton trench mortar
E.I. DuPont de Nemours Co. WWI Detonators and projectiles
Federal Pressed Steel Co., Milwaukee, WI WWI Liven's projector
Frontier Iron Works, Buffalo, NY WWI 6" Srokes mortar
Foster Merriam Co., Meriden, CT WWI 6" Stokes mortar
Electric Co., Pittsfield, MA WWI 4" Stokes mortar, arty fuzes
General Motors Co., Saginaw, MI WWI 3" Stokes mortar Mk I rounds
Germer Stove Co., WWI 240mm trench mortar
Globe Stove & Range Co., WWI 6" Stokes mortar
Gray & Davis Co. WWI Arty adapters and boosters
H.C. Dodge Co., South Boston, MA WWI 3" Stokes mortar rounds
Henry E. Pridmore Co. WWI 6" Stokes mortar
International Arms & Fuze Co. WI fuzes
International Harvester Co., Chicago, IL WWI 4" Stokes mortar
International Munitions Co., Stamford, CT WWI rifle grenade
International Steel & Ordnance Co., WWI arty fuzes
Ireland & Matthews Mfg. Co., Detroit, MI WWI 240mm trench mortar

If I have any luck with these I will continue the rest of my unknowns. Thanks.

Bob

 

[TonyE]

Codes

I will have a proper check later, but at first glance:

Bartlett-Hayward Co., Baltimore, MD used "B.H"
Bethlehem Steel Co. used "B.S.C."

These are the codes on British contracts. Is your list for U.S. contracts?

Regards
TonyE

 

[EODGUY]

Tony,

Appreciate the response. Yes, I was thinking US contract work only, but my assumption is that since most of these are WWI era that they no doubt used the same codes.

Bob

 

[eodda]

Hi EODGUY

Have you tried MIL-STD-1461? It might be of some help...

Regards

eodda

 

[EODGUY]

I have five or six different issues of the MIL STD and since most of these codes are WWI vintage they are not in the MIL STDs I have. Bob