Triggermortis
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I have picked up a tin box with the crows foot on dated 1943, any one able to identify its original purpose or have any info on W.i.f & sons?
Info on W.I.F & Son Ltd dated 1943?
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You sure that's an I & not a T?
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Not that it helps any further.
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Grey Military Storage Box
Today’s object is rather a mystery as despite plenty of digging and asking some very knowledgeable people, I still haven’t got an exact answer as to what it was used for beyond the obvious. Today w…
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Looks like WTF & SON Ltd
Triggermortis
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There is a sight shadow of a mark on the “I” but I’m not sure…
The broad arrow /I\ indicates government property. It is most often associated with military items but not exclusively. I'd suggest it may be something like a dial sight for use or some weapon or other, be it a machine gun on a tripod be it a Vickers or a Bren or an artillery piece or a mortar in the indirect fire role. Thus the "L" shape of the most of it. And the smaller compartment maybe for a lens associated with that sighting onto a post driven in the ground being used as a reference point? But then again why would it be painted a grey silver which was at one time the standard inside colour paint used on armoured fighting vehicles such as tanks. So it could be as mundane as a box for a flare pistol and its cartridges?
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Triggermortis
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Your guess is as good as mine?
The “crows foot” mark is 100% a war dept mark, just a question of what the boxes intended use was….
The “crows foot” mark is 100% a war dept mark, just a question of what the boxes intended use was….
Triggermortis
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Well spotted sh1kar, you are obviously a man of impeccable taste, however it is actually a table built by my late father in homage to the great man himself, we came across his work whilst on holiday in Yorkshire .
Here’s another piece he made, a door wedge…
Here’s another piece he made, a door wedge…
Triggermortis
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On closer inspection using a light to throw a shadow it is possibly (maybe an 80% chance)“W.T.F.”
Definitely WTF. Can see the top of the T easily enough if you blow up the picture.
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