Mess kit unissued or repo

[tankdriver]

Guys,
I need opinions on this please... I got this from a estate with a couple of other correct things. Was told it came home with him, however looks too good to be true. I'd like to know what you think.
Thanks

[Frosch]

Clean one

It looks like a very nice, clean and original mess tin set.

As they are fairly common, albeit often in poor condition here in Germany, I can't imagine why anybody would spend the time and money on the tooling and enamel processes to copy one.

Nice find.

/David

[9SSHohenstaufen]

an excellent mint enamel lined messtin youve got there. they are difficult to come by with the lining like that.

[Paul_Mullins]

TD as far as I know no one is reproing these. Too many postwar surplus ones to justify repoping them.

If you want to sell it I would be interested.

[Jørn Schmidt]

Hi tankdriver
Your mess tin is 100% good,very nice,and hard to find in that condition,

About Repro mess tins,I think they exist,I have attached a photo of one,which I think is a repro,at least the markings are fake,but I dont know about the tin itself,its unused,has these been used by the eastgermans?,only markings are on the top,where its heavely marked LBA.

J.S

[Mark Holden]

Hi TD,

100%. I have an identical one in very similar condition.

Good Find,


Mark

Hi tankdriver
Your mess tin is 100% good,very nice,and hard to find in that condition,

About Repro mess tins,I think they exist,I have attached a photo of one,which I think is a repro,at least the markings are fake,but I dont know about the tin itself,its unused,has these been used by the eastgermans?,only markings are on the top,where its heavely marked LBA.
J.S
nothing else,

[hcliffe]

Notice the rings where the wire handle attaches on the one shown by Jorn. This is a post war "police" mess kit that someone has stamped with 1939 etc. The enameled one posted earlier has the correct rings for a ww2 style mess kit.

[Johannes Schoen]

The rings of tankdrivers Kochgeschirr are correct for late-war and are made of sheet-iron. The earlier ones had rings from cast (?) Aluminium of similiar shape. But these were also used as late as 1944.

Johannes