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Hi George,
I can add a few more things. The ICC stands for "Interstate Commerce Commision" which was the US body regulating transport & common carriers. The jerrycan ( as a transportable container ) fell into category '5', hence the stamping. The ICC was abolished in 1995, the current cans have DOT ( Department of Transportation ) on them. Also, the 20 was for 20 litres, the 5 1/4 was for the gallons and the last numbers are the date - in your case 1943 as others have said.
NSI is not a common maker and their cans were stamped on top whereas most others had the stamping on the bottom. Good find!!
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