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....