Equipment marked "Germany." Can it be legit?

[norwest]

Attached is a photograph of a maker mark on the bottom of a water can. It looks like it has German and English translations: "Rein Aluminium" and "Pure Aluminum". It also has "Germany" as part of the stamping. I've always been told to be leery of items stamped "Germany", since they are typically post-war. Are there cases where this stamping is OK?

Regards,
Kevin

[whsammler]

100% Legit. all of my cans 5l. 10l and 18l all have the same markings

[SvenWittnebel]

... I've always been told to be leery of items stamped "Germany", since they are typically post-war. Are there cases where this stamping is OK?
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Simply nonsense.

...The label was originally introduced to Britain by the Merchandise Marks Act 1887, to mark foreign produce more obviously, as the British society was considering foreign produce to be inferior to domestic produce, and tried to get buyers to adhere to the concept of 'buying British'.

In 1894, however, the German Reichstag's commission already reported that after suffering slight losses, German manufacturers soon found the label to be of good use since they could distinguish themselves better from the British manufacturers. This led to more and more manufacturers voluntarily applying the label, and not even World War I, in which marks were mandatory in Britain in order to boycott the Axis countries' products, could dent the growing popularity of the mark.

The term Made in Germany soon became known as a synonym for reliability and quality, and especially after World War II, its popularity skyrocketed.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Germany

[norwest]

Thanks, that clears things up!

[bodes]

I have a WW2 Japanese aluminum canteen with a maker stamp into the bottom.....It has "Aluminum" and "Osaka" in English as well....It's a legitimate WW2 era canteen.....Bodes

[zeugmeister]

Yes, 100% pre May `45.

Ritter marked a Lot of equipment with that Stamp, or, like all " Afrika " Canteens, with " DRGM " and/or " DRP ".
BTW, the Stamp " HRE " on Canteens or Mess Kits is also " Ritter Aluminium ( Horst Ritter, Esslingen " !

Dirk