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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
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
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 L G Balfour Co was founded in 1913, after Lloyd Garfield Balfour had spent several years as a salesman of fraternity jewelry He disliked the poor quality he saw, and this led him to start his own company Balfour would go on to supply high-quality fraternity and sorority jewelry across the country, as well as branching in to military insignia, high school and college rings, pins
USAAF and USN WW2 era WINGS hallmarks - US MILITARIA FORUM I know through previous threads there has been ongoing questions surrounding the authenticity and legitimacy of LG Balfour wings that also have an "S" struck below the LGB hallmark Back in the mid-90's I was able to purchase two complete salesman sample cases of Balfour insignia which came directly from the son of a Balfour salesman who worked for Balfour during WW2 and beyond One case
GEMSCO AGO G2 jump wings -When used and what meaning? Fellow collectors, I am on a quest to determine when GEMSCO used the hallmark GEMSCO AGO G2 on their insignia We have all seen these markings on numerous badges Curiously I have never seen just G2 used by itself which should be correct for GEMSCO in the 1960-1965 timeframe Also GEMSCO used G22
USAAF and USN WW2 era WINGS hallmarks - US 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
Hilborn Hamburger (H H) - US MILITARIA FORUM Figured I'd start a thread on the H H hallmarks for the Hallmark Reference Any other examples you may have of any badges, any eras, or any information, please post here First up, from the collection of GLM
Robbins (Charles M. Robbins) Co. of Attleboro, MA: Examples and . . . This suggests strongly to me that the Robbins hallmark was added later by hand and is NOT integral to the original strike 3) I also believe that the Robbins use of the Winged R is a post war-50's hallmark (but I am also aware of some controversy that this may be a hallmark that was used late in WWII)