1942 dated food cannister

[spandau]

Hi

This beauty is on its way to me.....1942 dated and complete (even with laddle).

Will take some detailed pictures in the week.

Thought it might be a nice one to post.

cheers

tony

[spandau]

Hi

here come the pics for my Essenbehalter. They were hot food containers used to carry prepared food such a soup etc from the field kitchens to the front lines. The blokes how did the carrying were called essentrager.



This example is complete with the inside cannister that is removeable for cleaning, laddle in the inside of the lid and later war webbing straps.....I saw it and thought WOOF!



The cannister is dated 1942 and maker marked CCZ.

The straps are marked gyb 1944.

being greedy i also took the spare straps dated 1944 and marked JME.



cheers

tony

[JPhilip]

Hello,
I do own two of those. one is bare metal, the other is tan painted...great items....but i'm still looking for carrying straps...nice spare straps (eheheh)
Thanks

[Danmark]

Hi

The blokes how did the carrying were called essentrager.
tony

They were also called 'bullet magnets' ..........yikes!
Dan

[Danmark]

Hi

The blokes how did the carrying were called essentrager.
tony

They were also called 'bullet magnets' ..........yikes!
Dan

T now thats weird - I only pressed 'submit' the once????????

[cricketchris1944]

You are so lucky they are so hard to find one here in the US.
been looking for one.
chris

[MP44tom]

Very nice example !!!

And including the ladle.... it took me years to find one.... now I have 2

(I'm now looking for a tan one to put the ladle in

Here some pictures of mine with the straps (leather and webbing)... there also exist full leather straps but haven't been able to find a set (only loose ones)















Tom
MP44.nl - Welcome to my Website

[spandau]

Tom

two laddels..........you lucky devil, they are harder to find than original ss caps (mainlky because FB seems to own them all)

Here is a picture of another cannister of mine with the full leather straps




cheers

tony

[meyle77]

were all essentrager maker marked ?

[Edward Lionheart]

Hello.
So far all the ones I have seen were marked, eventhough the marking could be difficult to spot because of extensive wear.