Gas mask canister pale blue
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Gas mask canister pale blue
Hello Lads Get my self spare canister but the paint on it is very strange ,pale blue !?? Any ideas what it might be? Thanks
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Burger Schlesien Bad-Darkau
Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Kriegsmarine issue???
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Police green maybe ?
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Looks like to me I've seen similar issued to kriegsmarine but also might be police green I wish to know
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Yeah and when you scrape some off you'll get yellow below. Lots of them show up in the Netherlands, I'm told for the postwar civil protection unit : BB.
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Thank you Erik will try and respray Thanks Mate
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Might want to go on the WAF before you do anything. I read somewhere on there that this color was used by the KM. Could be wrong though.
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
O.K. Thanks Mate good perception Will check again properly
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
I've got mine from a family member together with his uniform. Straps aren't german as well. Know about 10 more of these exactly like this. Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine carried feldgrau canisters.
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Thanks Erik I'm thinking about it I'm gonna respray that canister anyway but what about those straps what origin are theyerikbozwo2 wrote:I've got mine from a family member together with his uniform. Straps aren't german as well. Know about 10 more of these exactly like this. Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine carried feldgrau canisters.
Burger Schlesien Bad-Darkau
Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Looks Dutch to me too. I have one I got from a colleague and it belonged to his father. Can't get to it at the moment to directly compare, but definitely looks like the one I have, straps and all.
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Have you actually tried to scrape off the paint yet? The paint on the inside looks like the only coat? Can you tell me if that is true or not? I don't know why they would reissue something and even paint the inside. What is the point? There is evidence to support light blue/ gray paint on the gas can... This can is marked to an actual KM sailor and was researched by a member of the WAF. Just a simple search there with 'Kriegsmarine Canister' shows that about half of the members who posted/ replied in these threads believe that they were Dutch reissue and the other half believe they are KM. Some are more convincing then others.
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... e+canister
Just putting extra thought into it.
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http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/ ... e+canister
Just putting extra thought into it.
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
Hi Sam Thanks mate for your advice -canister remaining as it was still blue I'm gonna wait don't wanna **** the thing ! I may confirm inner paint is just one single coat
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Re: Gas mask canister pale blue
KM canisters where hand painted, on the outside only, as per regulations. Though still 99% of them remain feldgrau.
Another one of these * note the marking on top *
http://www.oorlogsvondsten.nl/forum/vie ... 30&t=11478
Another one of these * note the marking on top *
http://www.oorlogsvondsten.nl/forum/vie ... 30&t=11478
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