question on marking

John Winter · 01-04-2008, 12:20 PM

Does anyone have the reference material to tell me what manufacturer would have been using Waffenamt 815 in the late wartime configuration?

Thanks,

Ron Smith · 01-04-2008, 02:04 PM

John,

815 was assigned to Steyr from 1940-1945 for cleaning kits and MP 40 and 44 magazines and blank firing adapters.

Ron

John Winter · 01-04-2008, 05:24 PM

Thanks, Ron. Bought a loading tool at a flea market in Italy back in 1980 marked WaA 815 and have never seen another. Itis marked with a "o" on the reverse. The seller had several with common markings and all were in rough shape. I took the best one. Doubt that anyone was reproing them that early.

Thanks again!

01-04-2008, 12:20 PM	#1
John Winter User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	question on marking Does anyone have the reference material to tell me what manufacturer would have been using Waffenamt 815 in the late wartime configuration? Thanks, __________________ JRW

01-04-2008, 02:04 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	John, 815 was assigned to Steyr from 1940-1945 for cleaning kits and MP 40 and 44 magazines and blank firing adapters. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

01-04-2008, 05:24 PM	#3
John Winter User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks, Ron. Bought a loading tool at a flea market in Italy back in 1980 marked WaA 815 and have never seen another. Itis marked with a "o" on the reverse. The seller had several with common markings and all were in rough shape. I took the best one. Doubt that anyone was reproing them that early. Thanks again! __________________ JRW