It's interesting that some of you think that the previous details have been linished out. This probably isn't the case as you'll see, the UKicon way of doing things is never to linish out but to bar through and over engrave. This is to ensure that the previous history is always available for Armourers to see. As an exampke, we can trace our No4's and Brens all the way from the 40's. Indeed, we can trace our Brens right through from Canadianicon Mk2's, made in 1943 all the way through conversion to Mk2/1, then to L4A3, then L4A5 right up to L4A8 in the late 70's. All because of bodyside markings.

I believe that if the previous marks were present and legible, they were simply barred out or added to. If they weren't visible, then they were re-engraved and/or a new number allocated. I COULD be wrong...............