[bgadow]

With many of the Wards sets you can id the maker by the model number; older ones made by Belmont will have a "BR" in the #, Wells-Gardner supplied for them from the 30s (and maybe earlier) on up into the 80s, and they will have something like "WG" or "WGC" in the #. But I've never figured out the "GEN". General Electric comes to mind but some of the sets I've seen just don't look like GE sets. I think only a couple companies were still making radios like this in the US by the 60s.

I just went back and looked at the pic you posted in the other thread, and noted that it is a Japanese set. That looks like a well-built radio. One way to id a maker would be to open it up and look for clues on the chassis. Sometimes they would put their insignia on the circuit board, usually along the edge somewhere. You might also be able to tell from the names on the components, if many/most are one make you could guess that would be the company that assembled it.