[Milsurplus] Unk markings on German portable set

[Tom B]

Hi Hue,

What looks strange to me is the font.  It looks like an American or 
Canadian stencil.  It's possible these were capture markings.

Tom Bryan


On 9/17/2017 12:13 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>
> Gang, what do you make of this? German R-3 / RS-20 pair, in chests. 
> Surface rust on metal detail that will require some thinking on my 
> part to
>
> remove and clean up. But – the U 20 designation? We do know this set 
> was carried on U-boats similar to the way the U.S. Navy TBX was the
>
> "shore party" radio. This pair was supposedly captured in Quebec. I 
> was told this by the previous owner, a straight-up guy and a double E or
>
> better engineer. I looked up U-20 and it had limited range and was not 
> sent to N.A. coast. Is there a number faded off, after the 20 ? Seems
>
> unlikely. In 1940 the U-20 was disassembled and land transported and 
> reassembled at a Black Sea port. Scuttled 1944.
>
> The other markings on the cases, I suppose, were some kind of capture 
> inventory? Your opinion is welcome.
>

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