German can 5L: What did they use this can for?

[Markoni Serbia]

it's for flamable fluid,gasoline or somerhing i know that..

Motorcycle,aeroplane or??

TNX very much for the answer..

Markoni

[Adrian Stevenson]

All I can tell you is Salzkotten is the makers name. I guess it was for petrol (gasoline)

Cheers, Ade.

[Canuck63]

Can be one of those can that were sold with/found in the trunk of top-end cars...i.e. you would buy the can for a boatload of Reichsmark and they'd give you a Mercedes Benz 500k Luxus as a freebie!
Joking apart....I think it's civvy but most likely of 1930s vintage.
Cheers
Manny