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    Charger ID

    Anyone recognize the country of origin and date of these chargers. Galvanized steel with no markings.
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    Look to be 303 Britishicon style

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    I am pretty sure the OP knows what they are he just wants to know who made them and when.

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    is there a stamp /mark on them

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    They are Mk4 Chargers. Without makers mark its hard to give much more information.

    This article may be of interest to you tho explaining the differences between the Mk's.

    Lee Enfield Chargers Tales from the Supply Depot

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    Do they have a solid base, i.e. no holes?

    If so I would suggest Portuguese manufacture.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strangely Brown View Post
    Do they have a solid base, i.e. no holes?

    If so I would suggest Portuguese manufacture.
    I see no Holes S B . Do you have any other data or links to the Portuguese connection. This would be new information for me to look into. Being a sticky beak of course.

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    Bases are completely solid, no holes. No markings of any kind. They don't match any of the Britishicon patterns or the Italianicon ones.

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    A fellow LERA UKicon member identified them as Portuguese well over 15 years ago at the same time he & I were researching brass Enfield oil bottles.
    Regretfully I don't have his research to share with you all.
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