Roughly war-time era (±5 years?) Swan id'ing

[Aelfattrum]

Recently acquired a nice Swan, which I assume to be somewhere between late 30s to early 50s.  There's no number code on the end or anywhere else I can see:

 

 

The barrel has:

 

"SWAN" SELF-FILLER

MABIE TOOD & Co. Ltd.

MADE IN ENGLAND

 

with the Swan image (+ trade mark) to the left of this text:

 

 

The clip, lever, and single cap ring are gold.  The top of the clip and the top of the cap have the swan image on them.

 

The nib (a "2 H") looks like a late nib (it's got a swan shape around the breather hole):

 

 

(also note the browning of the ebonite section in contrast to the black of the rest of the body, presumably cellulose acetate. it was like this as I received it.)

 

But I wonder if the nib is perhaps a replacement one (as I thought there was typically some correlation between nib size and cap rings, and this has a single ring but a no. 2 nib).

 

Is this likely to be post-war (but pre torpedo cap)?

[Schaumburg_Swan]

Hi,

 

indeed it looks like a wartime Swan (similar to a 6260) with a post 1952 nib.

The cap seems the original one. Sometimes a wartime #2 pen didn't have even one ring...

 

Best wishes and enjoy

Jens

[Aelfattrum]

@Schaumburg_SwanThanks, Jens. That's helpful. I cleaned it out and resac'ed it. The nib isn't bad at all:

 

[Schaumburg_Swan]

Hi,

 

looks good - yes, that nib seems to be interesting. I have one H marked one, and it flexes very nicely...

 

Jens