Canadian LB sniper No.15 chest.....

[Warren]

Could I impose on those of you who have a Canadian LB sniper chest to check the right end of the chest for the makers mark. I have been digging in "the shed" (tm) and have a mark I cannot ID due to the poor condition of the markings on the chest. It looks like X (unable to decipher) M and again X.
I'm hoping that someone else has this marking or at least more than just the middle letter so I can work on tracking it down. Most chests were HCF and two others I have ID's but this one is a new one. Or so it appears. The 43 date is also one of the earliest I have seen.
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[muffett.2008]

Do a rubbing of it and see if you can get a better view.

[Bindi2]

N m l

[Simon]

Looks like KML to me but then my "Eyeballs MkI" aren't as good as they used to be. Try mucking about with the contrast and brightness in photoshop or the likes I've found it a useful tool in the past.

[Roger Payne]

I'd go with KML too. The first letter is the most difficult, but I suspect a K stamped over an indifferent mortise joint!

[Warren]

K was my first guess also but I was hoping that someone would chime in with a definitive: I have one and it is a "K".
Most of the No.15 chests were made by Hill Clark Francis, Montreal Sash and Door, Alexandria Wood Products and one I am still chasing down: Regina Wood Products is also another possible maker as is this new one that I discovered in "the shed"(tm).
ANY markings on Canadian No.15 chests would help me on this and I'll do a little blurb in the knowledge section once I get it all together.
Still working on the Israeli made 32 scope as well.

NB: It is actually easier to see the markings on the posted picture than on the original.... I tried with Photoshop to enhance it but it looks better here..

[Surpmil]

The answer is probably in here somewhere: Archives Search - Library and Archives Canada

That or you could look through the appropriate sections of the Canadian Trade Index for a name match. This was the comprehensive Canadian industrial directory which was published by the Canadian Manufacturer's Association (1878-1996), now called "Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters".

It's a gold mine of information.

[Warren]

I have access to one of the two lists of records surviving, however it is a hunt and peck search. There is no index nor alphabetical listing so you have to search each line and listing. I've been at it for years....When I have a chance.
I'm still working on over 5000 plates of Bren gun, Lee Enfield and radar records. The radar files are mixed in with the Bren and Lee Enfield and what a hodge podge sorting those out.
Lots of good stuff to come however.
Thanks for the heads up on another source.

[Surpmil]

Too bad we couldn't get that fiche reader/printer to you Warren, but it leaves for a new home today funnily enough. Have you got a nice big scanner to feed those documents through?

[stencollector]

I found a couple of Cdn no15 Chests a couple years ago at my favorite milsurp scrapyard. The letters on the end of one of the boxes was KML.