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    please help me ID the history of this Bren

    Hi folks, a friend just bought this beauty and he is curious as to the meaning of all the stampings. Would you mind letting me know what you see there please.

    Thanks again

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    Looks like an Enfield made 1943 Bren - with the 3 stamped upside dowm. Probably went to North Africa and was issued to Australians from pooled Ordnance stocks. From there it was FTR'd at Lithgowicon in 1952 and re-proofed there. A picture of the whole thing would have been interesting.

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    Thank you very much from those informations. Here is more photos from whole Bren

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