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Canadian 1pdr Mk111?

Rrickoshae

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Please see the attached photos of a 1pdr MkIII proj that I picked up recently, no case sadly, which shows the manufacturer as the well known British firm of J.A.P but on the reverse a Canadian acceptance mark. Any thoughts as to why?

thanks Dave
 

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@Rrickoshae,

Two possible answers -

1) British manufacture supplied to the Canadians. They were far too busy manufacturing larger calibre shells to make 1pdr. I have a pre-war 18pdr case (prior to the Canadians manufacturing such cases) of British manufacturer but with a Canadian acceptance stamp.

2) It is a poorly stamped oval and not a 'C', this would make it a 'material transfer stamp' denoting that the source steel had passed metallurgical tests. However, I'm not sure when this was introduced and WWI might be a bit early.

TimG
 
Ah, I suspect that the latter is the answer Tim, I wasn’t aware of the oval stamp, there are so many other stamps on it that I think they were running out of room for many more!

many thanks, Dave
 
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