British Empire Web Equipment Markings

The Broad Arrow has been used in Britain to indicate government property since at least the seventeenth century. By the twentieth century, it was used across the British Empire to denote the property of the various Dominions and Colonies. Web equipment was no exception and, in addition to maker marks and dates, featured a wide variety of Ownership and Inspection Marks.

00:27 British Government Ownership Mark
01:02 Dominion of Canada Ownership Mark
01:26 Government of India Ownership Mark
01:51 Commonwealth of Australia Ownership Mark
02:14 New Zealand Ownership Mark
02:38 Union of South Africa Ownership Mark
03:24 Southern Rhodesia Government Ownership Mark
03:48 Royal Navy Ownership Mark
04:12 Royal Air Force Ownership Mark
04:47 British Government Inspection Mark (WWI)
05:11 British Government Inspection Mark (Mills Equipment Company)
05:35 British Government Inspection Mark (WWII)
05:59 Canadian Inspection Mark
06:23 Indian Inspection Mark
06:47 Australian Inspection Mark
07:11 South African Inspection Mark
07:35 Signals Equipment Inspection Mark
07:59 Unidentified Mills Equipment Company Mark
08:27 Repair/Refurbishment Mark
08:51 Sold out of Service Mark
09:15 Canadian Sold out of Service Mark