Mills lever manufacturers stamp

[Pauljones1986]

Hi,

Can anyone help ID this manufacturer stamp off a mills No36 lever?

Cheers

 

[Snufkin]

Josiah Parkes and Son, Willenhall.

 

[Pauljones1986]

Many thanks

 

[BMG50]

WW1 or WW2

 

[Millsman]

Josiah Parkes and Son, Willenhall.

Outstanding - I've not seen that lever before, but have seen JP&S Levers. Looks like two stick grenades facing each other. Any idea why this mark?

 

[orpheus72]

Outstanding - I've not seen that lever before, but have seen JP&S Levers. Looks like two stick grenades facing each other. Any idea why this mark?

here a 1938 add with logo

 

[Snufkin]

Outstanding - I've not seen that lever before, but have seen JP&S Levers. Looks like two stick grenades facing each other. Any idea why this mark?

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http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/89404-Mills-Lever?highlight=josiah+parkes+son

 

[gothica7]

Its a funny old world, isnt it? A girlfriend of mine living local to me in Wadhurst and as mad as a box of frogs. Her surname was Parkes and her family used to be locksmiths from Staffordshire she kept telling me.