NdA: On this page I will list just a quick overview of the most frequent markings, as well as the most easily identifiable.
Most of the missing marks will be found in professional books, although they will probably not be able to give better explanations than simple observation.
BARREL
SERIAL NUMBERINSPECTOR INITIALSROYAL NAVY MARKINGSItalian Royal Navy used the "crusader" shield, Anchor and Savoy knot to mark its guns.
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BARREL MANUFACTURERTERNI - R. E. TERNI - F A T
TORINO TORRE ANNUNZIATA ROMA BRESCIA GARDONE V.T. MIDA BERETTA LORENZOTTI MBT Fabb. Naz. d'Armi - F.N.A. ARMAGUERRA AZF
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ANNO DI PRODUZIONE
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RECEIVER
ARSENAL MARKINGS
FB Fabbrica Brescia FT Fabbrica Torino TNI Terni PB Pietro Beretta MIDA Manifattura Italiana D'Armi L. FRANCHI Luigi Franchi Brescia |
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Greek marking indicating that the gun was government property, in order to easily identify the gun if stolen from communist guerrilla groups (1944-1949, Greek civil war). Most of these guns got allegedly transformed to shoot 6,5x54MS. |
BOLT/MAGAZINE/METAL PARTS
Arsenal MarkingsFB Fabbrica Brescia
FT Fabbrica Torino Corona placed by Terni since 1919 on refurbished or brand new bolt handles. TNI Terni OCR Officine Costruzioni d'artiglieria Roma MIDA Manifattura Italiana D'Armi |
Navy MarkingsItalian Royal Navy used the "crusader" shield, Anchor and Savoy knot to mark its guns.
PB Pietro Beretta
Stella cerchiata probably Italian Republic |
Punzoni IspettoriInspector codes are usually two letters inside an oval or box.
In the second half of the 1930s and during the Second World War, Gardone V.T. he appears to have used diamond shapes with numbers to indicate inspectors. The crowned "CdeC" marking should indicate Corrado de Candia, employee of the Technical Service for Weapons and Ammunition, stationed at SFARE Gardone Val Trompia. |