Regimental markings?

[www.technika.nu]

Hi

Do anyone of you know where this Webley MK2 have been in service by the stamps on the gun. Regards Technika.nu
http://www.technika.nu/modules/tinyc...ndex.php?id=27

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

I guess Boer War. Date is October 1899 and the unit is Royal Artillery.

[www.technika.nu]

Is it the date when the gun first was issued?

got any idea what A and 39 means?

Regards Håkan

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Hello Håkan,

I guess that is the date when the man who owned the gun first owned it - I guess it is a private purchase piece?

The other markings you refer to, the A and 39, would be his battery or unit he belonged to eg. A Battery, 39th Company or something similar.