D/|\D marked tools

[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I have a WW2 109 radio set with the NSWGR plate on it. I guess the railways used some of the sets for field communications post WW2 .

Not forgetting the poor souls transported out to various colonies with the broad arrow on their clothing .

Good thing that they didn't use the broad arrow branding iron on the convicts!

It may be the case that the broad arrow tools in the railways etc were war surplus too.

Interesting, in a Land Rover workshop trailer I purchased some time ago there were a pile of pick heads that were left there when the trailer went to auction. Only about 1/3 were marked with the broad arrow and few if any of them had the "D^D". Many were very old and well used including ones with Metters written in script stamped into the casting. I would hazard a guess some were likely WWII or earlier.