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Originally Posted by Ed Storey
The Jerry Can was only in play by the Germans during the early stages of the war so it is quite possible that this was a BEF fuel dump. Without checking I believe the Allies (US and UK) did not start manufacturing their own versions until 1942.
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Agreed Ed...my suggestion was that the effort expended to de-mil the cans was wasted, as the Germans likely would not have used them anyway.
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Originally Posted by Lang
There would be a ton of brass caps in that lot, certainly a valuable commodity worth more than the usefulness of the cans.
Lang
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Possible the caps would have been tossed down a well somewhere. The necks were not brass though, and a lot of time was spent ripping those off.