This is a German Wehrmacht Fuel can maker marked and dated 1943. The can which is in semi relic condition lightly rusty all over but with no rust holes that can be seen.On the bottom it has been repaired with a wartime weld, the handle has bent up which looks like a impact hit.The top still opens and closes and also locks as well.The can has lots of clear to see black paintwork remains with all maker markings and an unusual maker stamp in the middle of which all can be seen nice and clear it has been very well cleaned it is very solid not braking up or falling apart a nice example of this can battlefield recovered.This bought on a local military fair in Arnhem in 2025.The fuel can was found locally in the Arnhem area used in the battle of September 1944 in the Netherlands.And comes with an A5 laminated information card.
Operation Market Garden, which includes the Battle for Arnhem from 17th until 25th September 1944, was the largest airborne battle in history, being bigger than Operation Mercury, the German airborne invasion of Crete in 1941, which was the only successful strategic airborne operation of World War Two. It was also the only real attempt by the Allies to use airborne forces in a strategic role in Europe. It was a massive engagement, with its principal combatants being 21 Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery for the Allies and Army Group B under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model for the Germans. It involved thousands of aircraft and armoured vehicles, and hundreds of thousands of troops and was the only major Allied defeat of the Northwest European campaign.
This is a German Wehrmacht Fuel can maker marked and dated 1943. The can which is in semi relic condition lightly rusty all over but with no rust holes that can be seen.On the bottom it has been repaired with a wartime weld, the handle has bent up which looks like a impact hit.The top still opens and closes and also locks as well.The can has lots of clear to see black paintwork remains with all maker markings and an unusual maker stamp in the middle of which all can be seen nice and clear it has been very well cleaned it is very solid not braking up or falling apart a nice example of this can battlefield recovered.This bought on a local military fair in Arnhem in 2025.The fuel can was found locally in the Arnhem area used in the battle of September 1944 in the Netherlands.And comes with an A5 laminated information card.
Operation Market Garden, which includes the Battle for Arnhem from 17th until 25th September 1944, was the largest airborne battle in history, being bigger than Operation Mercury, the German airborne invasion of Crete in 1941, which was the only successful strategic airborne operation of World War Two. It was also the only real attempt by the Allies to use airborne forces in a strategic role in Europe. It was a massive engagement, with its principal combatants being 21 Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery for the Allies and Army Group B under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model for the Germans. It involved thousands of aircraft and armoured vehicles, and hundreds of thousands of troops and was the only major Allied defeat of the Northwest European campaign.
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