The Battle Star is mainly functional.
WaA codes are easier....
They assigned codes to the makers of clothing for male officers. Then they had the tags normally printed with a purchase order number whereas it was tracked via a contract number. The lining up of purchase orders and contract numbers isn't a direct match.
Code No.: 198
Purchase Order: 19868
Maker: S. Makransky & Sons. 432 Market Street, Philadelphia PA.
Contract: W-36-030-qm-16900
$234,000 worth of uniforms.
You have no idea of the amount of data that needed to be churned to make that translation possible....