This oldboy is innarestin' just because of the GBD connection.
Pipedia sez thusly:
But thissuns got Britty hallmarkers, hmmm, mebbe they did sell 'em on the Emerald isle too?Reserved for the French market remained the even more favorable GBD brand Marcee, a derivative of Marechal Ruchon & Co. Ltd. that was offered until the 2nd World War and for another one or two years afterwards.
Hard to tell iffits 1914 or 1939,
I'm leanin' toward 1914...
it was something else altogether that caught my eye...
Notice anything of note in the above picture?
I thought it was really cool,
a great touch,
and boffo brilliant!
Pretty damn neat methinks!
First time I've ever seen a marking like that.
This ain't my pipe, it's currently on the big auction site.
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