HALLMARKS - U. S. Militaria Forum This section includes photographic illustrations and or information regarding the manufacturer codes and hallmarks seen on various types of U S military insignia
Lordship Industries hallmarks - US MILITARIA FORUM Does anyone know the time period that Lordship Industries Products used the hallmark "Lordship NY-GI"?????? I believe it to be sometime in the 1980's Thanks for the help! Mark sends
HALLMARKS - Page 2 - U. S. Militaria Forum This section includes photographic illustrations and or information regarding the manufacturer codes and hallmarks seen on various types of U S military insignia
List of Manufacturers of U. S. Metal Emblems - US MILITARIA FORUM - All currently certified contractors who have been assigned a manufacturer’s hallmark code have been included However, a number of those do not make metal emblems and they are flagged with their specialty (textile, decal, bullion, plaque) See the code list for more detail
Vanguard Industries Insignia Hallmarks - US MILITARIA FORUM The Vanguard hallmark on the air crew wing is 1950s as you have the code 1V on each side of the V The captain bars look like they have the code V21 on each side of the V so this would date it from the 1960s on
Vanguard Industries Insignia Hallmarks - US MILITARIA FORUM Has the Vanguard NY script hallmark This one came with the 1948 8-cleat pattern Ballou cutch backs which should indicate the first use of these Vanguard dolphins for enlisted, as the enlisted metal insignia was authorized in 1950 and the clutchback pattern changed in 1951
Hilborn Hamburger (H H) - Page 2 - US MILITARIA FORUM Well I wonder if this is the last hallmark ever used on military insignia by Hilborn Hamburger - a simple three digit number 362 - It is a USMC "approval number" granted to the specific maker to manufacture and sell the emblem (uniform articles as well)
im confused over my vanguard wings - US MILITARIA FORUM This was the official hallmark of Vanguard till the current logo seen on present packaging came into being in 1983 Prior to that they used the block letter logo on Air Force wings (post WWII) and script or block on Navy wings (WWII)
Can you date my SEAL Trident? - US MILITARIA FORUM Now there was a very convincing cast fake of the Antaya hallmarked silver finished Trident made in the 1980s with an additional incised hallmark of STERLING I posted pictures of it on another thread They must have used an original Antaya silver finished Trident as a template to produce several copies