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KR24800 NZ 705 suncorite, clear markings well refinished but worn deact
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KR25489 NZ 1710 parkerized Deact
KR25511 NZ1402 some traces of original crackle but now worn Suncorite, UK Deact
KR25644 NZ 83 crackle (worn) deact
KR25648 NZ 1647 or 1047 suncorite deact
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Lowest NZ 83, Highest NZ 1710
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05-17-2017 09:54 AM
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Portugese Army? Was it phosphate or just paint? Looks phosphate in photo 1.
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Portugese Army? Was it phosphate or just paint? Looks phosphate in photo 1.
Afternoon Peter, it was in a very battered state when I bought it. Looked like it had been stored out in the open! I cosmetically restored her.
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Originally Posted by
Brit plumber
One thing I noticed with the Bren is that they started as N^ZA xxxx and ended up with just N^Zxxxx.
In 1939 when the first Brens arrived, N^ZA meant NZ Army but as the war progressed distribution of new weapons was made to the Navy and Air Force, so the stamp was changed back to the old N^Z ownership mark.
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Any idea what the S stood for at the start of the Census number on my WW1 SMLE Woodsy?
I assumed it stood for Service?
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Originally Posted by
mrclark303
Any idea what the S stood for at the start of the Census number on my WW1 SMLE Woodsy?
I assumed it stood for Service?
New Zealand has used a variety of markings over the years and the country is divided into 3 military districts which are largely population based. N = Northern (the top half of the North Island, C = Central (the bottom half of the North Island, S = Southern (the whole of the South Island and Stewart Island). In WW2 the Home Guard rifles, which were largely impressed from the civilian poulation with back-up from obsolete Army stores (mainly MLE's), were stamped with a digit from 1 - 10, a bar, followed by a number. 1 = Auckland in the north, 12 = Invercargill in the south. Thus 10/2443 means rifle 2443 in the Christchurch district. After the war these rifles were first offered back to the owners, and the balance were sold at auction (I recently sold a .303 M95 Winchester with the Invercagill number). Whilst the military districts still exist there is no identifying marks placed on weapons these days. The initial 1988 batch of 5,000 Steyr AUG's were supplied from Austria as Lithgow had not yet got into production, and the serial number on these rifles began with NZ0001 through to NZ5000. I handled NZ0001 after it was recovered from the field after a couple of months of issue, as it was on its way to the Army Museum where it was meant to go when new (another wee 'oops'!).
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