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    Unknown proofmark



    Found on a Whitney - anyone recognize it?

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    Belongs to a bored Reb most likely......
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    Quote Originally Posted by RaiderANV View Post
    Belongs to a bored Reb most likely......
    Too neat for Reb scribblings.

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    Looks to be a "V" over "WD" like some kind of ordnance or war department view or acceptance stamp, but not anything I have seen on this side of the pond. Could be a state contract view mark stamped as viewed after the musket was converted to percussion? Trouble is, which state or which country? I don't know of any state associated with a trefoil symbol?
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    Maybe a stretch of my imagination, but could that be a three leaf clover? A three leaf clover was the badge of the 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac ? Possibly someone's initials inside the clover?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RaiderANV View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by BADSHOT View Post
    Maybe a stretch of my imagination, but could that be a three leaf clover? A three leaf clover was the badge of the 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac ? Possibly someone's initials inside the clover?
    I'd be inclined to agree with the stylized three leaf clover, but have we ever seen Corps-marked weapons? Regimental, I could mebbe give a nod to.

    Thinkin' this might turn out to be an Inspector's mark, albeit an Irish fellow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R. McAuley 3014V View Post
    Looks to be a "V" over "WD" like some kind of ordnance or war department view or acceptance stamp, but not anything I have seen on this side of the pond. Could be a state contract view mark stamped as viewed after the musket was converted to percussion? Trouble is, which state or which country? I don't know of any state associated with a trefoil symbol?
    Not to taint the Jury pool, but the comb is marked 'NYS'. Soooooooo, who worked as inspectors for Whitney circa 1841/1842?

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    For the time period of a converted Whitney, if it was New York State property I would think the stamp would be "SNY", which was used up into the late 1880's. I don't think they ever used "NYS" as an official property mark.

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