British Paratrooper Pants

[brooksbz]

Does anyone know which war department markings were in these trousers? On previous threads I have seen "S" W Broad Arrow D. I have also seen "O" W Broad Arrow D. Maybe there were no standard markings.

Thanks.

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Hey Bill,

I believe just like anything else that is W^D marked the markings differ depending on year of manufacture, batch number etc etc

Thanks
Jack

[stray_dog]

Hi!

As Jack said, markings differ according to date and batch number. "S", "O", as well as other letters ("Z", "N", "P" etc.) stand for the year of manufacture. For example N stands for 1943. So, according to that, you don't have "standard" markings in that sense, but the combination of the markings is a "standard" marking system itself.

Cheers, Giorgos