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- HALLMARKS - U. S. Militaria Forum
Please start any discussions in the general "HALLMARKS" board The "Reference" sub-board is compiled information from multiple threads that form a reference topic for different hallmarks, and responding to them is restricted They are listed alphabetically by hallmark name
- List of Manufacturers of U. S. Metal Emblems
- Prior to introduction of The Institute of Heraldry’s certification program many items were marked only with metal content marks (e g “Sterling”, “1 20 10K GF”) or bore no mark at all Current regulations (AR 672-8) require use of the manufacturers’ “hallmark” (TIOH certification code) on Army items
- A Clarification of WWII Bell Trading Post Hallmark for Airborne Wings
Bell Trading Post, also known by the name, Bell Products, made military insignia from the 1930's until sometime in the 1980's They are no longer in business They were located in Albuquerque, New Mexico Their hallmark was an upright sign post with an arrow pointing east and a sign with a bell hanging from the arrow
- Lordship Industries hallmarks - U. S. Militaria Forum
- The HLP-GI brooch hallmark are circa 1967 through the 1970's The company changed it's name from "His Lordship Products Inc " to "Lordship Industries" in this timeframe I don't know the exact date but I think around 1977 to early 1978 - The LI-GI brooch hallmark are circa early to late 1980's
- USAAF and USN WW2 era WINGS hallmarks - U. S. Militaria Forum
Maybe this can start a pinned thread I started a small library of hallmarks of wings as I find them and posted them on my website here: I know a few of the rather rarer hallmarks have escaped me Most of these hallmarks are from wings in my collection with a few images "borrowed" off of ebay htt
- Bell Trading Post of Albuquerque, NM: company history
The Bell Indian Trading Post was a company born out of the imagination and entrepreneurial ambition of Jack Michelson and his wife Mildred Bell Michelson Jack was born in St Louis, MO in 1900 Jack made his way to Albuquerque, New Mexico sometime during the 1920s, which had a nascent Jewish com
- Balfour (L. G. Balfour) - US MILITARIA FORUM
I would date the Senior Parachutist Badge as most likely made in the 1950’s Below the senior are two basic wings The bottom one is marked LGB Sterling and the one above it is marked BALFOUR Sterling 1B which is the later hallmark Five of these wings have the distinctly different design found on some older parachute wings
- N. S. Meyer: Real vs. Reproduction, Maker marks, Tells
1) That hallmark still exists and is in the hands of whoever owns the die and is producing the restricts 2) Perhaps the author of "A Companion to Wings of WW2" knows something we don't (this could go two ways): a) The author has some knowledge of real early wings with this hallmark
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