A possible way to decipher the capital letter maker´s mark found on mess kits and can

[Sonnenwende]

This is really good Bernhard, thanks for sharing the info and for the research effort.

We might not know every Factory with 100% certainty, but this is a great leap forward.

I hope some day someone cracks the RBNr.s as well, perhaps a list will show up.

Regards
Sonnenwende

[Bernhard]

Thank you Sonnenwende ,

Here is what I brought home today from a local military show
and looked up in the phonebook...

Two belthangers in pre-war natural finish , nicely stamped and a
very nice Kriegsmarine cap.
All three item´s maker were found in the directory.


Here are the pics :

[Bernhard]

The next maker I´ve never ever heard of before , but a look in the
phone book ...and here we have the guy !

[Bernhard]

last for today is the maker of this fine cap :

[daco]

look at the adress of the manufacturer of your navy cap : bismarkstrasse

what else

most seriously : the telefonbuch is a very interresting and important source of informations

[Sonnenwende]

Hi Bernhard,

Nice catch. Interesting belthangers, especially the first shown. Not to highjack the thread, but I have seen that strange narrow "D-ring" before from time to time, does the Y-straps fit these (I´m sure the ones with the wider hook does not) or do you know if they are are for something else (a cross-strap perhaps?)?

Regards
Sonnenwende

[me6_130]

That's certainly a great source. Surprising no one had that idea before, it's so logical and easy Thanks for your work, sure it wil be a great help for many collectors and scholars.

Carles

[MULON]

Thanks for your work, sure it wil be a great help for many collectors and scholars.

Carles

+1
My big thanks for your incredible work.
Giancarlo.

[MULON]

Ciao a tutti
I'm still searching codes of canteens and messkits. Please, let me know if you ever seen these codes on these items:

ASL
HTB
PSL
REL
RKK
S.F.L.
SRM

Thanks, Giancarlo.

[Bernhard]

Hi Giancarlo ,

From all the makers you posted PSL is known to me.
The maker is :
Paul Schulze Lübeck
They were in business in 1942 as you can see by their phonebook
entry.
Their three letter code was "akq".
This firm was also in business after the war as a maker for Bundeswehr
helmets and canteens.

Ciao !

[MULON]

Wow Bernhard, thanks a lot

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Göffel

TSR42- (Thiel & Schuchardt, Metallwarenfabrik GmbH, Ruhla)

TSR are commonly known as Repro items. Thomas Sturm Rottenburg: http://www.sturm-costumes.de/?sel=cont&id=Impressum

Today known under the name of MIL-TEC: http://www.sturm-miltec.de/impressum.htm

[MULON]

Hi there, is it possible to have more?
There is my looking for list about canteens....

ALU
ASL
AW
B&FI
CFF
CH
D&FL
DHW
DMN
E
EEF
EEH
E.H.B.
EMM
e.m.k
ET
FSR
FWMG
gym
GLN (not GNL)
HGF
HSF
HSK
HTB
HJB
HWF
H.W.M.
HWP
JFS
KCL
Ksq
M.&C.
MKK
NJ
OFW
REL
RFJ
RKK
SNL
SMN
S.K.N.
sku
S.F.L.
SMM
SRM
SSM
SWM
SY
V.A.L.
WBL
WSD
WJ
WW
WWE
ZPStZ
0/0570/0038
0/0543/0002
0/0638/0034
0/0890/0204

Thanks, Gian.

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Ok guys, to re-activate this again, here is my suggestion for SMM:

Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik Mussbach

What do you think ?

Regards,
Christian

[knoffhoff]

I,m pretty certain it is Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik Mussbach.

German speaking members can read my resoning that I posted in another forum.

https://www.zeugamt.com/wcf/index.ph...9560#post49560