the_shadock Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 bought today.. Pierre-Olivier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 These cans were standard issue from WW1 through to after WW2 for petrol and water, although this one is marked as a petrol can. Stowage brackets fitted on vehicles for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Is it definitely '37' ? The top loop looks to be closed at the front. This is a 1939 version. Prior to the adoption by the British of the 'Jerry-Can', the two gallon can was the standard vehicle fitment, with bulk quantities being handled by the single-use 'flimsies'. Does anyone have a spare pourer for one of these, by the way ?...or a FANY to assist me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 You can double check the date by turning the can over. After the word Valour and a single number, there should be a double number, which is also the year of manufacture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I can read "Valor 10 37". P-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 There shouldn't be an issue with this being a 1937 can - and considering the BEF lost so much kit in 1940, no real surprise if this has been found in France. But being inter-war it is something of a rarity now. Out of interest, when was the earliest W^D embosed can produced? I've seen 1932, 1933 and 1935. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 well, the previous owner told me that the can has been found near Argentan, in Moulins sur Orne, along the railway. However, he was not sure that the can was abandoned there in 1944 (even if the area was liberated by British troops of the 53rd Infantry Division), and this could be a remain of the 1940 battles, as you mentioned. Who knows... Pierre-Olivier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 and if some sort of very kind person has a cap for it, I would very gladly receive it :-D P-O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I did read somewher that following D-Day the Allies had about 5,000,000 Jerrycans. For the crossing of the Rhine they could only find about 1,500,000 :-D I know where two of them have ended up! Back from Normandy and on my Dodge. :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_shadock Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 I've found a cap !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2rupert Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I have a 1936 dared one on my Austin:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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