HEADSTAMP IDENTIFICATION

     PINFIRE CARTRIDGES & SHOTSHELLS  

 

 (Many photo's on this page supplied by Aaron Newcomer at his excellent pinfire site at: http://freemycollection.com/)

Thanks also to JP for much information! Page is not being updated often... please see Aarons page for great Pinfire hadstamps.


 
 

 AUSTRIA
 

Anton Ignaz Krebs

 "CK" (CTR): Keller & Company,Hirtenberg .


                          "H" in Italics in CTR or in Sun:

 Hirtenberger Patronen-Zundhutchen u. Metallwarenfabrik.


                                    "KC" (CTR) followed by outward radiating lines: Keller & Company


                          "L.M & Co Wien": Ludwig Mandl & Co, Vienna.


                                   : Keller & Company
 
 

BELGIUM


  "Bachmann (Gauge) Bruxelles": Louis Bachmann, Brussels, or B A BA logo. Louis Bachmann de Anderlecht


"L. Bachmann , Brevet": And LB Stars. Same as above

CL L (L is for Liege)

Cartoucherie Russo Belge. Made Rimmed fire as well.


 , Unknown, France or Belgium as town in both countries with the name St Gilles.

  VFM, Francotte

 

  "FUSNOT" (top),"BRUXELLES"(bottom):Fabrique de Balles et
                                                              Cartouches.  may also have "Fusnot" with stars and "Bruxelles" on
                                                               case.

M Arndt, Liege

Marque Au Lion (Impressed & Raised letters).

                        "PIRLOT FRERES" (top), often "Caliber" (CTR), "LIEGE" (bottom): Make is Pirlot Freres.

"S" "C" "B" "(caliber)": {@ 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock}: Societe Cartoucherie Belge
              

  "Ste Ame Bruxelles", "SA Guns (Raised)": Societe Anonyme des Cartoucheries.  

    "VF.M&C": Capsulerie Liegeoise

  VH L Some with crosses. L is for Liege.

FRANCE


 Artifice St Hubert. ?

  "Alouette": Gevelot, Paris

 

 

(no picture) "Berntheisel Strasbourg": (?)

BP is for Bouffil Piganiol circa 1922

Bravard PR


"BRUYERS DE SEVRES PARIS" : (Ernest Gaupillat made)e


Castelnau Montpellier

 


"CF" or "C.F" or "C.F (star): Cartoucherie Francais (Above)


 

 

 

"C D": Chaudun & Deriviere

"Chaudin Paris" or "Chaudin & Deriviere" or " Fabrique Chaudin Paris"(Above)

 

 

"CS": Cartoucherie Stephanoise

Douillerie Francaise

  "E.G": Ernst Gaupillat, Paris

Raised F: Cartoucherie Francais

  F F Diamonds: Benjamin Albert

"Foury Paris": ?

Societe Francaise des Munitions made for Benjamin Albert

Benjamin Albert

("G" or "G" and caliber): Societe Francaise des Munitions( G is for Gevelot)

Above: "Fabrique Gevelot", "Gevelot": Gevelot France Formerly Gevelot and Gaupillat and then later became SFM. (Above)


  

GJ (Raised and Impressed varieties)= Societe Francaise des Munitions (Above)

 

HB Bomb: Henri Barth


,JC: Jules Challeyer (error in Drawing)

Manufacturer Francaise D'Armes & Cycle, St Ettienne

Marcel Gaupillat

MGM.

 

L Ideale

Maison Lefaucheaux, Paris

Mag NIS


(No Picture): "Sans Deperdition Bte SGDG Gosslin": (?)


Societe Francaise Munitions, Paris

Societe Francaise Munitions, Paris

  SFM, Paris. France

 

 

Spalek Arms (newer Manufacturers)

 

  Benjamin Albert

Other French:

Chaudin, France

 

 

 16 in Hexagon: Marcel Gaupillat

 

GERMANY
 

Braun & Bloem Dusseldorf


   "Eichel": RWS, Nurenburg, Germany.


 G. Egerstorff, Linden


"L": Lignose, Berlin.

"Flying bird over Lerche": Bischweiller, Germany


Marke Blitz made by  Braun & Bloem Dusseldorf

Marke Loewe made by French company

"R.W.S", "Acorn", or "Heart Symbol": R.W.S Germany

Walbinger Meuschel AG de Bischweiler

 

OTHER GERMANY

 
 

ITALY

Leon Beaux, Milano

 Martignoni S.p.a. Cartucce e Munizioni at Génnes Italy


"Fiocchi" or "Fiocchi and caliber": Giulio Fiocchi Lecco

Fabbrica Italiana Piloni Bernardo, Lecco


, Fortuna, Italy


  U. Riva armourer in Lecco, Italy.

UNITED KINGDOM

"EB London": Eley Brothers London.

: Eley Brothers, London


"Caliber and Eley: or " "Eley and Caliber" or "Eley, London",E.L Exposition" : Eley Brothers

"E.M REILEY & Co. LONDON"

Joyce & Co. London. Gunmakers, ammunition by Eley and Kynoch

%
"Kynoch" or "Kynoch & Co" or "Kynoch, Birmingham", "K". Most also have the caliber on the headstamp: Kynoch and Company.

Purdey. Gunmakers, Ammunition by Eley or Kynoch

  "Stephen Grant, London": Made by Eley
 
 
  USA


"C. D Leet Springfield, Mass, USA": C.D Leet

"U" (CTR): Union Metallic Company, USA

 "V.L & D New York": Von Lengerke & Detmold Co., USA.

Czechoslovakia

Sellier Bellot, Czechoslovakia (Above)

Fabrik Prag, Millim

SPAIN

, Madrid

Auger Barcelona

A.H Madrid

  MRC, Barcelona

Miguel Glanadell Segura de Ripollet of Barcelona

  Orbea

  PSH, Legazpia

U.E.E Espana:  Union Espanola de Explosivos,Spain (Above)

 

OTHERS

Unknown, Turkey

Ciervo, Buenos Airies, Argentina

(Bird). Sociedad Anonima Spreafico, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Made for Carlos Rosetti

BUENOS AYRES BERTONNET, Argentina

Garantie Crocodile, Argentina

 ,Russian

 Ammunitionsarsenalet, Denmark

 Insulinde, Eduardo de Beaumont (Gunshop), Netherlands

Kobenhavns Tojhus, Denmark. 
 


 

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