HEADSTAMP IDENTIFICATION

     PINFIRE CARTRIDGES & SHOTSHELL HEADSTAMPS

 

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

&

 

Lefaucheaux Museum

 

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

ARGENTINA

  

 AUSTRIA
 

 

Hirtenberger Patronen-Zundhutchen u. Metallwarenfabrik.

        

   
 

BELGIUM

"L. Bachmann, Brusells

  

FRANCE


   


 

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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