A history lesson if you will allow me...
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Topic: A history lesson if you will allow me...
Posted By: Goosic
Subject: A history lesson if you will allow me...
Date Posted: November 12 2023 at 7:57am
I have a No4 Mk1 scabbard stamped S.286. Doing a little bit of researching, I found the following information.In 1923 the rights to the name Van den Plas and the goodwill were purchased by the Fox brothers, who incorporated Vanden Plas (England) 1923 Limited. They moved the business from Hendon to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury,_London" rel="nofollow - Kingsbury London and built on the contacts that had been made with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Motors_Limited" rel="nofollow - Bentley . Between 1924 and 1931, when Bentley failed, Vanden Plas built the bodies for more than 700 of their chassis. In the 1930s the company became less dependent on one car maker, and supplied coachwork to such as https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Cars" rel="nofollow - Alvis , https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Siddeley" rel="nofollow - Armstrong Siddeley , Bentley, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Company" rel="nofollow - Daimler , https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagonda" rel="nofollow - Lagonda , https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" rel="nofollow - Rolls-Royce and Talbot. The company also updated its production methods and took to making small batches of similar bodies. With the outbreak of war in 1939, coachbuilding stopped and the company returned to aircraft work, manufacturing the wooden framework for the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" rel="nofollow - de Havilland Mosquito , one of the most successful aircraft of the Second World War. After the war, the company continued its association with https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland" rel="nofollow - de Havilland , and manufactured parts for the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" rel="nofollow - Vampire jet fighter.  ...
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: November 12 2023 at 8:30am
Very cool!
------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 12 2023 at 2:57pm
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appears they made the throats for the mkI scabbard as well ,
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: November 13 2023 at 3:00am
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I LOVE history, especially the minutiae.
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