Metal Sign Plate.

[janner53]

Found this small metal plate the other day 2.5 inches by 2 inches and only just cleaned it. I'm not sure if this is to do with Ordnance, but it has the date 1940 on it. Also what I can see written is:-

??????? FACTURING
1940
BRIT. PATENT 4800
BRIT. APPLN 3?433
CTS ???????????
R.W.E.S. TYPE NO.

This came up in two halves, looks like there was another piece to it for the right hand side to finish those numbers off.

Any ideas .

[former member]

Seen one of those on here before...Rendan Manufacturing Co or something like that...think it was related to barbed wire for wartime beach defences

[worcswoman]

could be from a ww2 plane but looks nice though as though could be from a machine plate or something

[janner53]

Many thanks Slippery and Worcswoman .
I found that old post and it sure does sound ordnance.
http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/vi ... 21&t=33495" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RRPG]

These are 'data plates' attached to various types of barbed wire entanglement, some mounted on some sort of wooden framework, others not. Often used on beaches, they are also used to form make shift road blocks.

Quite a common find on beaches but often ignored as rubbish, these really have some history behind them

RRPG

[RRPG]

Hang on. Found this.

Here ya go

Dannert wire. Oil-tempered barbed wire was developed during the First World War; it was much harder to cut than
ordinary barbed wire. During the 1930s, German Horst Dannert developed concertinas of this high-grade steel wire.
The result was entirely self-supporting; it did not require any vertical posts [Dannert, Horst, "Improvements in
Barricades," British Patent No 480,082 (1937)]. An individual Dannert wire concertina could be compressed into a
compact coil that could be carried by one man and then stretched out along its axis to make a barrier 50 feet (15 m)
long and each coil could be held in place with just three staples hammered into the ground ["Construction of Dannert
Concertina Wire Obstacles," Military Training Manual No 21A (War Office, September 1939)].

[Dave8472]

Nice find and well rescued

Dave

[RRPG]

large data tag.jpg

Here ya go. Here are a stack I found back in 2010 on an old wartime gunnery range

Completes the numbers for you

[Wansdyke44]

These were also used during building works on alot of sites, where re-enforced concrete is found.