Le Prof Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Dear All, I've just bought a WW1 dataplate from a French truck. After literally seconds of ceaseless searching, :-D I found a very useful (if you can read French) page on how the French WW1 military registration system worked, complete with a list of serial numbers at the bottom of the page. http://plaque.free.fr/f_mil3.html This tells me that Numero Immatriculation 41015 was from a block of 5000 numbers, 40001-45000, allocated to Parc d'organisation de Dijon on 19th Jan 1915, to use on a batch of new trucks delivered by Berliet. The plate tells me that the truck was then serviced on 12th Jan 17 at VV (?) by Andre (?) I have three questions. Is this plate the main official military registration plate, or a supplementary one for recording repairs and services on? Given that the batch of 5000 Berliet is after Jan 1915, and before Jan 17, would this truck have been a Berliet CBA? Does anyone have an original photo of a Berliet with a registration number close to this, or in the block 40001-45000? Thanks, Best Regards, Prof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 That is very interesting. I don't know the answer to any of your questions though. I do have a picture of this CBA: Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I will send you the complete photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Dear All, After literally seconds of ceaseless searching, :-D I found a very useful (if you can read French) page on how the French WW1 military registration system worked, complete with a list of serial numbers at the bottom of the page. http://plaque.free.fr/f_mil3.html Thanks, Best Regards, Prof As a non French speaker, I cheated and let Google translate for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Prof Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 As a non French speaker, I cheated and let Google translate for me. As a non-native French speaker, there are times I cheat and do so too....Shhh, you ain't seen me. Right? :-D Great War Truck, thanks for the offer, PM inbound. Best Regards, Prof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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