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DATE MARK LETTER BRITISH WW2 SIDE HAT
Hello all,
Would anyone be able to advise please the year of manufacture for a British WW2 other ranks Khaki side hat with the date letter P. Many thanks, FMT600 |
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P = 1941 So a nice year
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kind regards, Michael |
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Hi Michael,
Many thanks much appreciated. Would you happen to know if there is a publication available showing the letter/date combinations for these hats? Kind regards, FMT600 |
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Here's my list:
R 1939 Q 1940 O, P 1941 O, N 1942 N, M 1943 M, Z 1944 Z, L 1945 L 1946 E 1947 R 1948 ? 1949 A 1950 B 1951 C 1952 L 1953 M, O 1954 T 1955 T 1956 S 1957 X 1959 many thanks to Luc from Holland who compiled the list
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kind regards, Michael |
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Michael,
Many thanks again. Cheers, FMT600 |
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Others have a (slightly different) list, however these are the date letters that I have found myself.
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My list:-
Beret codes:- R-1939 Q-1940 P-1941 O-1942 N-1943 M-1944 Z-1945 L-1946 E,P-1947 R-1948 A-1949 A,B-1950 B-1951 C-1952 L-1953 M-1954 D,O,T-1955 T-1956 X-1957 |
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the list below is my example and I always bear in mind that you can get some slight overlapping ie a beret 1944 made in December may not get inspected till 1945 and carry the 1945 date stamp / inspectors stamp note inspectors stamp which had a year code letter to the top a new one issued out each year which could be traced to a particular inspector to track any problems with the items being inspected by looking into the issue book sadly these I beleave are long gone. During the war in some instances they issued out when times need just a WD stamp with no code letter or inspectors number ( W/I\D ) this is encountered during the years 1939 , 1940 ,1944 , 1945 . regards Steve
1937 = T 1938 = S 1939 = R ALSO A PLAIN W/l\D HAS BEEN NOTED FOR THIS YEAR 1940 = Q 1941 = P 1942 = O 1943 = N 1944 = M OR Z 1945 = L OR Z ALSO A PLAIN W/l\D HAS BEEN NOTED FOR THIS YEAR 1946 = K + SEE BERET INDUSTRIES WITH 1946 & A Z 1947 = J , R MAY BE A LATE 1947 1948 = I , R 1949 = A 1950 = B 1951 = B & C 1952 = C / D 1953 = J 1954 = M & O 1955 = S & T POSS LATE 55 & CHECKED IN 1956 1956 = T 1961 = X Not seen a WD stamp arfter this date this example was in a 1961 dated beret . the army wd stamp went over to a arrow and a 3 or 4 digit number during this year.
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