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NO 15 MK II Primer
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British No. 15 Primer – Canadian manufacture
Maple leaf (?) enclosed B - Manufactured by Bata Shoe Co. of Canada, Batawa, Canada.
(Staffed almost entirely by women, many of them wives of R.C.A.F. officers who were serving at nearby R.C.A.F. Trenton, Ontario.)
3EL – Manufactured ‘3’ - 1943. ‘EL’ (sequential two letter code) Empty Lots 1101 - 1110
Filled by Sc/C - General Engineering Co. Scarborough, Canada.
7/43 – July 1943
Lot 2727
TimG
P.S. Drawing shows Mk III. Mk. II used a copper coned plug, not a ball.
Used - Q.F., 3-pr. Sub-Calibre Gun., Q.F., 6-pr. Sub-Calibre Gun., Q.F., 6-pr 7-cwt. Gun. and Q.F., 6-pr. 10 cwt. Gun.
Maple leaf (?) enclosed B - Manufactured by Bata Shoe Co. of Canada, Batawa, Canada.
(Staffed almost entirely by women, many of them wives of R.C.A.F. officers who were serving at nearby R.C.A.F. Trenton, Ontario.)
3EL – Manufactured ‘3’ - 1943. ‘EL’ (sequential two letter code) Empty Lots 1101 - 1110
Filled by Sc/C - General Engineering Co. Scarborough, Canada.
7/43 – July 1943
Lot 2727
TimG
P.S. Drawing shows Mk III. Mk. II used a copper coned plug, not a ball.
Used - Q.F., 3-pr. Sub-Calibre Gun., Q.F., 6-pr. Sub-Calibre Gun., Q.F., 6-pr 7-cwt. Gun. and Q.F., 6-pr. 10 cwt. Gun.
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Would the addition of the British Broad Arrow mean that this was made in Canada and was accepted and used in the UK?
Joe
Joe
So Canada also uses the Broad Arrow as an acceptance stamp?
Joe
Joe