Military 1943 Hammer Makers Mark

[AdrianUK]

Evening All,
Have cleaned an old military b/p hammer, wonder if anyone can recognise the makers mark, it’s been poorly stamped so not much to go on, but sure someone’s knowledge will have an idea.

 

[JoeSheffer]

Is there a mark beyond the broadarrow? I might be teaching you to suck eggs, but the broadarrow is a stamp still used to this day on MOD property to denote exactly that - that it belongs to the MOD!

 

[AdrianUK]

Hi Joe, nope, just as shown and the other cheek is blank. There is ‘1’ on the underside, but so many makers numbered hammers before weight became popular I think.
I understand your point, maybe I should expect a knock on the door ;-)
I recall an old boy once telling me that if the broad arrow had another arrow stamped as a mirror image ( <- -> ), this was supposed to denote the item had been officially decommissioned. That being said, I’ve only ever seen such a mark once on a large wrench and I guess in reality it never really happened on small Items.