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
Ira Green 3G G23 - HALLMARKS - U. S. Militaria Forum The Ira Green Company is located in New York and has been manufacturing Military Insignia since 1943 They are currently in business and one of a few Military Insignia businesses still in operation The hallmarks used are 3G and G23 Shown here are the two hallmarks on Parachute wings
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
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
A Clarification of WWII Bell Trading Post Hallmark for Airborne Wings Their hallmark was an upright sign post with an arrow pointing east and a sign with a bell hanging from the arrow To answer your question about Bell Jump wings being made or issued during WWII, I do not know
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
GEMSCO AGO G2 jump wings -When used and what meaning? The G22 Sterling on the parachute badge is a later hallmark used by GEMSCO BTW, I asked this question about GEMSCO AGO G2 in the Hallmark Forum and got no response, so I am trying a more active Forum for your reply Thanks
Vanguard Industries Insignia Hallmarks - US MILITARIA FORUM Vanguard has been making military insignia for many, many decades but all you ever see really is the more modern ones with just the "V" for a mark: I wonder if that one with the eagle, shield and V was something they used in the distant past?
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 community built around the jewelry trade He soon met his future wife Mildred, who had also moved to