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Can you help me , please ?

ckoala

Active Member
Hello

My dear friends,

your help is required for ammunitions factories identifications :


the factory letters stamped on the British Artillery cases that I collected those past months...

I have got a serious headhache with those one and I hope you can give me some help

I presume that, as you speak the british language, it would be easier than for me...

Thank you in advance

Bernard ...

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Q 1  4 5 IN HOWITZER CASE.   fnjj jpg.jpgQ 2   4, 5 IN HOWITZER CASE.jpg
Q 3  4,5 In HOWITZER CASE  HLW.jpgQ 4  4,5 In HOWITZER CASE  A&JMA.jpg
Q 5  4,5 In HOWITZER CASE  LLM.jpgQ 6   4,5 In HOWITZER CASE  HW.jpg
Q 7   18 pr d mk 2  TCCO 1915.jpgQ 8     18 pr d mk 2   EV & MCO.jpg
Q 9  4 5 IN HOWITZER CASE.jpg
 
1. New York Air Brake Co., USA
2. n/k
3. Harrisburg Pipe Co., USA
4. Albert & J.M. Anderson Mfg. Co., USA
5. ?
6. Harrisburg Pipe Co., USA (alternative) INCORRECT
7. Crosby & Co., Buffalo, NY.
8. Edward Valve & Mfg. Co., USA
9. New York Air Brake Co., USA

TimG
 
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2. General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass. USA

5. I would expect the maker's mark to be above 'LLM' (the significance of these letters is yet to be ascertained) however, it appears to have been abraded out.

6. I initially identified this as Harrisburg Pipe, but I know believe it to be Worcester Pressed Steel Co., Worcester, Mass. USA who were sub-contracted by Harrisburg Pipe.

The primers of 2 & 4 were manufactured by Winchester Repeating Arms Co., sub-contracted by E.W. Bliss Co.

TimG
 
Thanks a lot to TimG for those most fantastic answers !
I had the opportunity to have a look on 3 large lots of british cartridge case and
I have found some most interesting answers about the dates of first fabrication
and the change from Mark 1 to mark 2 and also the output through the years...
A book about the 18 pounder and 4.5 In ammunitions is boiling hard !
Bernard
 
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