Troop tags

travisg96 · 03-22-2009, 04:18 PM

I just wanted to start about the troop tags. Put a picture on here or the info. Anyone gotten ahold of the previous owner? Need help deciphering the tag? post the replies you got from trying to contact the owner? I dunno about you bet this is one of the reasons I bought my K31(do like the look of the gun though).

Zephri · 03-23-2009, 08:41 PM

Not sure if mine's real or not.

GUNZABLAZIN · 03-23-2009, 10:15 PM

Here's mine from my 1954 walnut stocked.

Iron_Colonel · 03-23-2009, 10:27 PM

Gunz at least you can read yours lol. I'll get a pic up of mine later tonight. Gonna search the internet maybe to see what is on them. Names, addresses? If anyone has any info, that would be good

Iron_Colonel · 03-24-2009, 03:42 AM

Ok, here is my troop tag. It also has a phone number on the back. Or what I would surmise to be one. None of the numbers match the rifle. Its in a 3-2-3 number block. My rifle was made in 1954, so I wonder if there is a chance, someone on the other end will answer?

I got on google and was able to see right where this person lives/lived. Avenue Vinet 18 it appears. Pretty cool. As far as the other numbers, Infantry and unit company is my guess. Lots of good info here:
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearm...rs.html?page=1

I used the information on the link, and looked up some people in the Swiss phone book. I found two that has Jean-Rene names, and was able to contact one of the provided phone numbers via telecommunications. A very nice gentleman answered the phone, whom after I asked in German if he could speak English, informed me in very good English his father was Jean-Rene, and was out. I tried asking about the rifle, but he wasn't for sure when he was in the army. Very interesting. I will have to attempt to contact again at a later time. He also told his father spoke English. So just one step closer I guess. The other number rang, but no answer.

SwedeSteve · 03-27-2009, 07:11 PM

Usually name, unit, hometown. Sometimes home address and/or phone number

rl356 · 04-10-2009, 10:49 PM

This is the tag from my '52 K31. Just purchased the beauty this afternoon. Looked online for answers, but haven't yet found anything that really helps in identifying the person on the tag. Any Ideas?

Baconbits · 04-13-2009, 07:51 PM

Here's the tag in my K-31

gunadvocate · 04-13-2009, 07:54 PM

... so if you did contact them- they would want their rifle back

I know I would immediately offer to take it off your hands if I had used it during service.

If not maybe you can get some cool stories about the gun

Baconbits · 04-13-2009, 08:18 PM

I've always wondered about the guns histories. My garand, being built in May '41, must have seen a lot. That's one of the most attractive parts of collecting for me. The second part being the ingenious engineering behind each firearm.

Dakoma · 04-24-2009, 03:29 AM

I found one under my butplate,it is hard to read alittle grimey with crud.I would try to clean it but afraid the writeing would come off.Any sujestions as to cleaning and not removeing the writeing?

03-22-2009, 04:18 PM	#1
travisg96 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 369	Troop tags I just wanted to start about the troop tags. Put a picture on here or the info. Anyone gotten ahold of the previous owner? Need help deciphering the tag? post the replies you got from trying to contact the owner? I dunno about you bet this is one of the reasons I bought my K31(do like the look of the gun though).

03-23-2009, 08:41 PM	#2
Zephri Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN. "The city where nothing happens." Posts: 1,210 Blog Entries: 6	Not sure if mine's real or not. __________________ "All rifles need a sharp pointy object on the end!"

03-23-2009, 10:27 PM	#4
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,279	Gunz at least you can read yours lol. I'll get a pic up of mine later tonight. Gonna search the internet maybe to see what is on them. Names, addresses? If anyone has any info, that would be good __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

03-24-2009, 03:42 AM	#5
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,279	Troop Tag Ok, here is my troop tag. It also has a phone number on the back. Or what I would surmise to be one. None of the numbers match the rifle. Its in a 3-2-3 number block. My rifle was made in 1954, so I wonder if there is a chance, someone on the other end will answer? I got on google and was able to see right where this person lives/lived. Avenue Vinet 18 it appears. Pretty cool. As far as the other numbers, Infantry and unit company is my guess. Lots of good info here: http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearm...rs.html?page=1 I used the information on the link, and looked up some people in the Swiss phone book. I found two that has Jean-Rene names, and was able to contact one of the provided phone numbers via telecommunications. A very nice gentleman answered the phone, whom after I asked in German if he could speak English, informed me in very good English his father was Jean-Rene, and was out. I tried asking about the rifle, but he wasn't for sure when he was in the army. Very interesting. I will have to attempt to contact again at a later time. He also told his father spoke English. So just one step closer I guess. The other number rang, but no answer. __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU! Last edited by Iron_Colonel; 03-24-2009 at 01:37 PM.

03-27-2009, 07:11 PM	#6
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	Usually name, unit, hometown. Sometimes home address and/or phone number __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers Last edited by SwedeSteve; 03-27-2009 at 07:13 PM.

03-23-2009, 10:15 PM	#3
GUNZABLAZIN Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blufton,Indiana Posts: 430	Here's mine from my 1954 walnut stocked.

04-10-2009, 10:49 PM	#7
rl356 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: N.E. Ohio Posts: 398	This is the tag from my '52 K31. Just purchased the beauty this afternoon. Looked online for answers, but haven't yet found anything that really helps in identifying the person on the tag. Any Ideas?

04-13-2009, 07:51 PM	#8
Baconbits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern VA Posts: 149	K-31 troop tag Here's the tag in my K-31 Attached Thumbnails

04-13-2009, 07:54 PM	#9
gunadvocate Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Posts: 272	... so if you did contact them- they would want their rifle back I know I would immediately offer to take it off your hands if I had used it during service. If not maybe you can get some cool stories about the gun __________________ "Love my country, fear my government..."

04-13-2009, 08:18 PM	#10
Baconbits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern VA Posts: 149	Why I collect I've always wondered about the guns histories. My garand, being built in May '41, must have seen a lot. That's one of the most attractive parts of collecting for me. The second part being the ingenious engineering behind each firearm.

04-24-2009, 03:29 AM	#11
Dakoma Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southeast Tennessee Posts: 1,135	I found one under my butplate,it is hard to read alittle grimey with crud.I would try to clean it but afraid the writeing would come off.Any sujestions as to cleaning and not removeing the writeing? Last edited by Dakoma; 04-24-2009 at 03:46 AM.