Help ID this marking on this mag?

[msmp5]

This appears to be a standard M3 grease gun .45 mag. It has some sort of double eagle - or other feathered bird - marking on one side of it. Anyone familiar with this marking?

 

[H&R Glock]

Hmmm.. Russia and Poland and other European countries use the double headed eagle as a national symbol of power. Don't think GB or the USA ever used the symbol. I'lllook in Janes for it.

 

[natman]

The double headed eagle was a symbol of Imperial Russia, which ended in 1917. It seems unlikely that the Soviet Union would have used it during the lifespan of the Grease Gun. I'd guess Poland or one of the Balkan states, perhaps Serbia.

 

[Dr.Rob]

There was an Eagle Gun Company semi auto that used M3 mags but I am having a hard time finding a copy of their logo. They were open bolt guns and banned in 82.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Well, most likely unrelated, but in Warhammer 40K its the Imperial Aquila, symbol of the Empire of Man-

IIRC, it was derived from a Roman Legio standard.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Honestly the only modern coat of arms it resembles is Serbia or Albania and neither of those make sense

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

For such, a cheap, semi-disposable magazine, its remarkable that they went to the effort to put such an elaborate stamp on it. Usually, a simple 2 or 3 letter code suffices.......

 

[Dr.Rob]

I'd bet it's Greek. They used the Grease gun post war and someone on another forum thinks they used the double eagle as well

 

[msmp5]

A buddy of mine solved the mystery. The mag is for an Enfield America EnCom MP 45.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Eagle gun was closer to the truth. Learn something new every day.

 

[AlexanderA]

I'd bet it's Greek. They used the Grease gun post war and someone on another forum thinks they used the double eagle as well

Since the mystery has been solved I'll just chime in on the Greek use of the double eagle. That was commonly associated with the Byzantine Empire, but in current Greece you find it only on Church flags. A similar symbol was the Phoenix used during the military dictatorship of 1967-74, but that bird had only one head.