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Description: | 1) CARTRIDGES // S.A. BALL // .303 Inch // CORDITE // Mark // G.B.
2) G14 // VII
This appears to be military-contract packaging, and the headstamp is as used by Greenwood & Batley for military contracts rather than commercial sale, but the 'Mark' of ammunition is omitted in the text printed on the packet, and there is a discrepancy between the headstamp and the type of bullet. Its precise status is therefore uncertain. Greenwood & Batley was a major manufacturer of machine tools and gun-making machinery, and also a reasonably large manufacturer of military and civilian ammunition.
Packet & 10 cartridges.
Buff tied paper packet printed in red, containing 10 centrefire cartridges with cupro-nickel jacketed bullets. Although the headstamp indicates 'Mark VII', the bullets are clearly Mark VI. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Greenwood & Batley, Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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