CDN M37 markings

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Another consideration is the font used for the CFR Number. The original font in use when the Canadian Army took delivery of the M-Series Fleet of vehicles was the Roman style as seen in the two black and white photos of the passenger side door you posted.

Hi David. I agree there are at least two different fonts used on the 1950s M-series vehicles (M37, M38, M38A1, M135, etc), but I don't think there was a definite progressive succession from the Times New Roman type of font to the more straight structure font types (what I would call Arial font). My observations suggest both types, maybe more, were used simultaneously from inception of a vehicle into service through to at least the late 1960s. I suspect the font difference was more a function of what 3" stencil cutter was available at the time and location where a vehicle was received.