"Kotelok" cook pot mess kit

**Chris Pittman** · 03-02-2022, 06:18 PM

Hello,

I got this today. It is made of aluminum, with a steel handle. It is painted on the exterior with a glossy olive green paint. It does not appear ever to have been used. There is a "Red Army" stamp on it with a 39 date. Is this original or some kind of re-stamped postwar or reproduction item? Thanks for any help with this.

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-02-2022 06:18 PM

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**Marcel Banziger** · 03-02-2022, 06:42 PM

Looks like a postwar pot with fake stamp to me.

**Asjemenou** · 03-05-2022, 04:22 PM

Hello Chris,

I am afraid your cooking pot 'Kotelok' is a reenactor copy. I have never seen an M26/27 cooking pot with such a "Красная Армия" stamp before.
Well-known are the cooking pots that were manufactured by "Red Vyborzhets" (Кр.Выбор) in Leningrad.
Forum member Dimmuborgir95 has posted a nice topic about the Soviet messkit; USSR soldier messkits - "Kotelok" .