defective script on old snap on sockets

[stage20]

notice the E prefix. one has no E, one has an E and one is -E. the others are way out of line.. is this normal for sockets of this era?
mid 40's if i had to guess.
a couple are 6pt and some are 12pt.

 

[trackwelder]

I believe those are military sockets made during the war when resources where strapped.

 

[snapmom]

Normal for war socks, they were mass produced

 

[1950mercury]

Nice...do they have detents or just the hole for socket retention

 

[stage20]

Good question. Ill have to look. Almost positive only the hole.

 

[jd_1138]

War was on, ran out of e's. They needed them for all the Jeeps we were building.

 

[finn]

Was the packaging damaged too?

Send them back. I'm sure snapon will make it right.

 

[stage20]

Was the packaging damaged too?

Send them back. I'm sure snapon will make it right.

Lol. I don't have the package. These sockets are from the 40.s. I know sometime defects can be worth something. I may toss them on ebay and see what they go for.

 

[1950mercury]

Lol. I don't have the package. These sockets are from the 40.s. I know sometime defects can be worth something. I may toss them on ebay and see what they go for.

Id keep them. They are cool part of American history

 

[chadster1]

The E from that era denotes government issue I think.