A Vickers, and a question of propriety

Vlim · 04-16-2003, 12:51 PM

Hi,

Could the 'crown V' be a worn 'crown N'?

Anyway, this one appears to fit the bill of a 1945 - 1950 reused piece again. I will try to check whether the regiment in question was reinstated after WWII. The brass side plates were introduced in 1939 and since this was close to the start of WWII, I would expect that most surviving brass plates actually display post-war regiment information and not pre-war info...

I don't think redoing brass plates was a high-priority activity during the war.

04-16-2003, 12:51 PM	#18
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, Could the 'crown V' be a worn 'crown N'? Anyway, this one appears to fit the bill of a 1945 - 1950 reused piece again. I will try to check whether the regiment in question was reinstated after WWII. The brass side plates were introduced in 1939 and since this was close to the start of WWII, I would expect that most surviving brass plates actually display post-war regiment information and not pre-war info... I don't think redoing brass plates was a high-priority activity during the war.