18 Pndr headtstamp maker code G*C

[Darkman]

Can anyone tell me the maker of a 1918 dated 18 pndr shell case marked G*C? The * is a "squashed" double eliptical circle as shown in the image, if you can make it out.

Thanks,

Graeme

 

[ben2000]

It's the gramophone company the eclipse is a record and stylus (sp)

Ben.

 

[Darkman]

Thanks Ben, I presume that is a British company?

 

[Darkman]

A quick google turns up that the Gramophone Company of London was a large ordnance contactor in both WW1 and WW2 and was better later known as HMV using Nipper the dog as the logo....

 

[Falcon]

These were made in Hayes, Middlesex, which is only a few miles away from where I live.

 

[Darkman]

I checked out the location on googlemaps and I would have been close by there numerous times. In and out of London on the M4 and also Heathrow.