Is this a Wehrmacht Jerrycan or Postwar German

[LarryH57]

Is this a WW2 German jerrycan or postwar version? It appears to have been painted Panzer grey but has no date or 20L marking for its capacity

The wording in German means; Fuel Fire Hazard or similar.

Edited February 7 by LarryH57

[Enigma]

Post war. Ww2 ones are dated and have KRAFTSTOFF instead of treibstof.

 

Treibstoff would literally translate to propellant I think.

 

In feuergefahrlig it almost looks like instead of ä it says ö .

Edited February 7 by Enigma

[LarryH57]

So more of use to someone who has a Munga rather than a Kubelwagen!

[Enigma]

2 hours ago, LarryH57 said:

So more of use to someone who has a Munga rather than a Kubelwagen!

Probably.

[Adrian Dwyer]

3 hours ago, Enigma said:

Post war. Ww2 ones are dated and have KRAFTSTOFF instead of treibstof.

 

Treibstoff would literally translate to propellant I think.

 

In feuergefahrlig it almost looks like instead of ä it says ö .

As an aside: does anyone know the name of the font?

[norseman 02]

Treibstoff translates to fuel (sourced from Google translate)

[Adrian Dwyer]

15 hours ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

As an aside: does anyone know the name of the font?

Many thanks.  A

[Enigma]

5 hours ago, norseman 02 said:

Treibstoff translates to fuel (sourced from Google translate)

Hmm, it translates to what it is, not what the words themselves says.

Translated its more a description of what it is or does.

Antreibung means propulsion or to propell. Stoff is substance.

So it says Propellant- / propelling substance or in short propellant.

 

A bit difficult because I am Dutch but can read German and then translate to English.

[earlymb]

14 hours ago, Adrian Dwyer said:

As an aside: does anyone know the name of the font?

I think it could be DIN 1451?