Tulwar/Talwar regimental codes?

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Originally Posted by David R

Not at all, even antiques could end up with numbers stamped on them... One of the more irritating things that happen to items exported after independence. Bloody big numbers and codes stamped onto the breech of a musket for the most part.

So this would mean the Indian government would stamp it to keep up a register of some sort for the exported items?