Hello everyone,
I am trying to identify a British 1-inch Very signal cartridge found in Israel.
The brass headstamp is:
ELEY LONDON J.W.
Measurements:
Rim diameter: 29.2 mm
Body diameter: 27.0 mm
Brass head with paper/cardboard body (body mostly missing)
Composite brass head consisting of an outer cup and an inner cup with a central flash tube.
Rim is fully knurled, which, according to British references, indicates a red signal cartridge.
The cartridge was recovered from an area associated with British military activity in Palestine. It could date either from WWI (1917–1918) or from the British Mandate period.
I have found many examples of ELEY LONDON V, but I have not been able to find another example marked ELEY LONDON / J.W.
I also found references that Joseph Wells & Sons (J.W.&S.) and James Pain & Sons loaded British signal cartridges using Eley brass heads, but I have found no evidence that J.W. alone was used as a headstamp.
Does anyone recognize this headstamp or know the meaning of J.W.?
Any catalogue references, photographs or War Office documents would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I am trying to identify a British 1-inch Very signal cartridge found in Israel.
The brass headstamp is:
ELEY LONDON J.W.
Measurements:
Rim diameter: 29.2 mm
Body diameter: 27.0 mm
Brass head with paper/cardboard body (body mostly missing)
Composite brass head consisting of an outer cup and an inner cup with a central flash tube.
Rim is fully knurled, which, according to British references, indicates a red signal cartridge.
The cartridge was recovered from an area associated with British military activity in Palestine. It could date either from WWI (1917–1918) or from the British Mandate period.
I have found many examples of ELEY LONDON V, but I have not been able to find another example marked ELEY LONDON / J.W.
I also found references that Joseph Wells & Sons (J.W.&S.) and James Pain & Sons loaded British signal cartridges using Eley brass heads, but I have found no evidence that J.W. alone was used as a headstamp.
Does anyone recognize this headstamp or know the meaning of J.W.?
Any catalogue references, photographs or War Office documents would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
