Enfield W Marked Slings
- Thread starter Wilf Black
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Thank you. Do you know what AW stands for as I cannot fiend reference to it
I found out that the markings above are not only a super imposed AW but with a C around them which stands for C.W.A or Canadian War Assets. Apparently years ago DND had beaucoup quantities of them and someone with a fetish or marking everything made up a stamp and stamped the hell of of many of them at a time. Our tax dollars hard at work! Sadly we are not British or we would have sent someone like that off to the colonies to fight! 
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I sold the last five to a collector. If anyone wants one send me your email and I will send you his details and you can work whatever deal or trade you want with him. Good guy and knows his business
)I sold the last five to a collector. If anyone wants one send me your email and I will send you his details and you can work whatever deal or trade you want with him. Good guy and knows his business
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
There was a reason they were stamped with the War Assets mark. The C/i\ was a property mark, so if that was all the surplus item had, it could not be differentiated from stolen property. The WA indicated that it was sold as surplus. It is similar to the counterstruck broadarrows on British arms and the counterstruck broadarrows in a C on surplus Cdn arms.
By the late 40s, there was so much surplus out there the RCMP complained they could no longer tell stolen material from surplus. As a result, the C broadarrow was declared obsolete and no longer used. It was, however, mistakenly marked on some new material well into the 60s by manufacturers of some military goods, likely because the drawings for the items indicated how the items were to be marked and the drawings may not have been updated.
In the 1950s, there was a styalized arrow applied to military goods along with IS and a number. This was an inspector services mark, and not a property mark however.
By the late 40s, there was so much surplus out there the RCMP complained they could no longer tell stolen material from surplus. As a result, the C broadarrow was declared obsolete and no longer used. It was, however, mistakenly marked on some new material well into the 60s by manufacturers of some military goods, likely because the drawings for the items indicated how the items were to be marked and the drawings may not have been updated.
In the 1950s, there was a styalized arrow applied to military goods along with IS and a number. This was an inspector services mark, and not a property mark however.
