Are These Crossed Automatic Rifles a Military Symbol?

December 6th, 2010 by eranio

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk80/besunny/crossedautorifles.jpg

Found this old printers cut in the belongings of a late relative – I know he was in WWII but don’t know what branch. This may give me a clue. The little numbers are, I think, just an old catalog number, from the old days of typesetting

I’ve seen crossed antique rifles before, but never automtic ones, as these seem to be.

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how do i identify old military ammunition?

February 7th, 2010 by eranio

i recently purchased a bunch of old military equipment at a garage sale. i want to know how i can correctly identify what the various pieces of small and large arms ammunition are. they are in decent enough condition as to be able to real most/all of the numbers on the butts. they appear to be from ww1-ww2, possibly USA / German / Japanese , ranging from large rifle rounds to a ‘drill cartridge’ tank rounds (identified).
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what the heck do all the little numbers on the bottom mean?

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