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There is no indication of a date code for the war years. Parker was not a government approved pipe manufacturer, while Dunhill and Hardcastle were. During the war years Parker manufactured the "Wunup" pipe made of bakelite and clay. | There is no indication of a date code for the war years. Parker was not a government approved pipe manufacturer, while Dunhill and Hardcastle were. During the war years Parker manufactured the "Wunup" pipe made of bakelite and clay. | ||
Thanks to Jason Lynn, we now have photos of the following Parker pipe with a 19 date code, indicating there was perhaps some production of briar pipes during the war years. This pipe appears to have a replacement stem, or perhaps the unusual stem had to do with the war. | Thanks to Jason Lynn, we now have photos of the following Parker pipe with a 19 date code, indicating there was perhaps some production of briar pipes during the war years. This pipe appears to have a replacement stem, or perhaps the unusual stem had to do with the war. | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Parker with a 5 date code (1955), courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Parker with a 19 date code (1942), with what appears to be a replacement stem, courtesy Jason Lynn"> | ||
File:Parker19-1.jpg | |||
File:Parker19-2.jpg | |||
File:Parker19-3.jpg | |||
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From 1945 through 1949 the Parker date code runs from 20 to 24 and from 1950 through 1957 it runs from an underlined and raised 0 to an underlined and raised 7. | |||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Parker with a raised underlined 5 date code (1955), courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:ParkerSB01.jpg | File:ParkerSB01.jpg | ||
File:ParkerSB07.jpg | File:ParkerSB07.jpg | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
''A little help here from anyone with date code information beyond 1957 would be most appreciated.'' | ''A little help here from anyone with date code information beyond 1957 would be most appreciated.'' | ||