Understanding Lists
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:41 pm
One of the biggest pitfalls in understanding this stuff is lists.
Makers of M-1928 Haversacks:
Baker-Lockwood
Boyt Harness
Bradds, Inc.
Crawford Austin Mfg. Co.
Felt Novely
Focke-Wulf
Gihon, H.D.
Grumman
Kellburn Mfg. Co.
Messerschmidt
Varied Mfg. Co.
See what I mean? There is never any way to tell what's good and bad. Somebody will do good work and create a list which is accurate. Then others add entries without the required research and/or, more often, bad guesses.
Makers of M-1928 Haversacks:
Baker-Lockwood
Boyt Harness
Bradds, Inc.
Crawford Austin Mfg. Co.
Felt Novely
Focke-Wulf
Gihon, H.D.
Grumman
Kellburn Mfg. Co.
Messerschmidt
Varied Mfg. Co.
See what I mean? There is never any way to tell what's good and bad. Somebody will do good work and create a list which is accurate. Then others add entries without the required research and/or, more often, bad guesses.
Looks good doesn't it? I can point to one specific one in that list which is provably wrong. Might be more than one, but one in particular is clearly wrong. That is the problem with lists. Lists are bad. Unless I create them, then they're golden. Guaranteed or your money back.In case the links go dead here is the current list. Please feel free to fill in any blanks or correct any errors.
Blank stamp Springfield Armory
AMP Stamp All Metal Products Co. (hard to read)
ACE 2 Stamp Aggressive Engineering Corporation (Military production)
AEC 2 Stamp Aggressive Engineering Corporation (Commercial production)
AEC 3 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Commercial) Anaheim, CA
AGE 1 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Military contract) Anaheim, CA
AGE 2 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Military contract) Anaheim, CA
AMP 1 - All Metal Products Wyandotte, MI
BLM - Barry L Miller Eng Inc Irvine, CA
BRW 1 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 2 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 3 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 4 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 5 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 6 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
BRW 7 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
B-W 4 - Borg Warner (WW2) Spring Division,Bellwood, IL
C - Lerio Patent Cup Co. Mobile, AL
DAQ Stamp Dominion Arsenal (Quebec)
fF - Fedders Mfg Buffalo, NY
HA - Haerens Ammunitions Arsenal Copenhagen, Denmark
IMI Stamp Israeli Military Industries (Israel)
I S 1 Stamp International Silver Company
I S 2 Stamp International Silver Company
I S 3 Stamp International Silver Company
IS 4 - International Silver Meriden, CT
IS 5 - International Silver Meriden, CT
JMO Julios Maurer, Oberstein Germany
58 - Nationalist China
59 Nationalist China
68 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
69 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
70 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
71 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
72 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
74 JMO - Julius Maurer Oberstein, Germany
LP 1956 Stamp Italian (name unknown)
L&H 81 Italian or Danish
LP 1961 Stamp Italian (name unknown)
NW Stamp Northwest Metal Products
MAS Manufacture D' Armes St. Etienne France
MBZ Stamp (fat letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
MBZ Stamp (small letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
MBZ Stamp (regular letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
MFT Mataal Fabriek Tilburg Netherlands
NW - Northwest Metal Seattle, WA
SF Serini France
S - Stanley Works (or SW) New Britain, CT
S A Stamp Springfield Armory
S A Stamp with dash underneath Springfield Armory
S A Stamp (oversized letters) Springfield Armory
TF&S Thomas French & Co. Ltd
W4 - R Wallace & Sons Wallingford, CT
W5 Stamp R. Wallace and Sons
W6 - R Wallace & Sons Wallingford, CT
WEP Stamp Wade Electric Products
WEP1 - Wade Electric Products Sturgis, MI
WRA - Winchester Repeating Arms New Haven, CT
WR Wallace & Sons Mfg.
5 Stamp Unknown - might be an S for Stanley Works but uncertain at this point
5mm hole. - Austrian