This is the last true boarding axe issued to the Royal Navy. I have an identical axe, unmarked and probably older due to overall even pitting, and a ship's serial number marked in a bronze tag attached to the haft.
You may find interest in this citation, referring to that axe, from Gilkerson, Boarders Away, p.39: "It may be noted that in the 1930's such axes were still made by Gilpin (Tools) Ltd. of Cannock, one of the last contractors for full-size Navy boarding axes".
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