Need help identifying and authenticating german items

**asker1** · 08-18-2010, 06:15 PM

1. german gas mask canister on inside written in silver pen "DEAN SS2" on bottom etched in "DEAN SS2" No other markes that I can find.

2.german y straps marked "OLC"

3. German Canteen No marks

Thanks in advance!

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 08-18-2010 06:15 PM

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**Neil Hever** · 08-18-2010, 07:07 PM

Looks like post war/reenactor stuff. The Y-straps are post war with the cloth reinforcements I think but hard to tell from the photo.

**klinger** · 08-18-2010, 07:23 PM

looks like post war to me too
and dean is not a german name usual

**JPhilip** · 08-18-2010, 07:57 PM

Hello,
None of these items is WWII german sorry
Gasmask canister looks spanish
Thanks

**Neil Hever** · 08-18-2010, 08:09 PM

Y-Straps appear to be Bundeswehr type. This looks like a typical 1980s era re-enactor grouping - before stricter standards were voluntarily adopted by folks in the hobby. Large amounts of Spanish canisters, BW straps and various post war items circulated until original or reproduction items began to replace them. The marking on the gas mask looks like it was done by a re-enactor during that time period.