Ok its a key... but for what?

[yaxthri]

Ok it's a key... but for what?

I remembered this one reading a post about another key.

Found some years ago, here in Greece, on the street.
It has a horizontal "8" and a partial "D" or "B" stippled on the one side.

A very mysterious eyeball find of mine... What is this for and who may have lost it is what i wonder...

 

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[EODsweeper]

That is a military style door key. Most of the buildings on base use these style keys.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

That is a military style door key. Most of the buildings on base use these style keys.

Yup!

 

[cudamark]

Not much of a code on that key....looks like it would pick pretty easy.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

looks like an older post box key

 

[BosnMate]

Looks like a key to the girls dorm at Annapolis.

 

[Tejaas]

Looks like a key to the girls dorm at Annapolis.

Hahaha, BosnMate, you rascal!

So THAT'S why they didn't want us soldiers taking these off post and getting copies cut!

 

[Tejaas]

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Sure enough, these keys are DPW issued to all resident units on a military installation.

Found In Greece, I'd bet some Airman dropped it.
That, or an army guy down from Germany on vacation.

The letters and numbers stamped on them are how the key control manager references them. It's against military policy to state the room that each key goes too as knowledge to the general "public" within the unit.
The Key Control Custodian has a master inventory ledger in his continuity book that matches serial number to each lock/room.

This prevents someone from being able to pinpoint a specific key and being able to target a particular room, such as the unit supply, NBC, or company commanders desk drawers!

In fact, here is the guidance taken from Army Regulation (AR) 380-5...

"(8) Keys and padlocks will not be marked in any manner, which will assist an unauthorized individual in matching a key that was lost, stolen, or misplaced to the lock. Keys without serial numbers will be given one."

Haha a "US Government" find in Greece is kinda cool I suppose!

 

[yaxthri]

Yes, I guess this find is pretty cool.

There used to be a US/NATO airbase in our area. It was shut down in the late 80's-early 90's as part of a new agreement, so I guess this key could have been out there since the base was still in service.

Thank you all for the responses and information!

 

[recondigger]

That is a military style door key. Most of the buildings on base use these style keys.

Agree

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[kc7rad]

Looks almost exactly like the school keys when I went to college in Illinois in the early 1980s.

 

[fireman4youu]

its the key they give you when u live in the dorms, which goes to a property room locker, if you need to store items that wont fit in your room