SS kanystr na naftu (canister)

[Milan Gard]

Hello friends

is it original pre 1945 SS canister?

Thx all for opinions

[reneblacky]

normally WW2 cans are dated
I can't tell you if it is genuine ss but this one seems odd

[Milan Gard]

hello

thx for reply

[Adrian Stevenson]

These are never dated.

I can show you a 100% original can from my collection originally bought for £5.00 in Normandy. Ignore the paint. I initially covered the hideous Lime Green which the French Farmer had painted it. I have now stripped it back to the original Feld Grau.

Cheers, Ade.

[reneblacky]

There you go Milan you're on a winner

[Adrian Stevenson]

Indeed I forgot to mention that bit in my haste to show off my can

The funny thing was, the first fakes of these, made in the Czech Republic many years ago now, had the SS runes back to front in a mirror image!

Fakes cans don't use the correct font. They are often totally clean inside: they have never ever had fuel in them. Give them a smell and if possible check for rust/dirt inside. Note how on the inside of the lid the paint is really new and clean and a lighter colour: a very good sign.

Treat these like ammo boxes with regards to colours: red oxide primer with a Feld Grau or Dunkelgelb top coat.

Cheers, Ade.

[Milan Gard]

"Dunkelgelb top coat"

same as this?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Yes, that is the post 1943 colour "Tan yellow" or "Ordnance tan" in English collectors slang terminology.

Cheers, Ade.

[Milan Gard]

Hi Ade

thank you very much for HELP

[Matt L]

Would the fakes correctly use the red primer base coat too? Seems like a simple detail fakers would foolishly omit...