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Early and Late versions of Mess Tin Holders in my collection. It is designed to hold one Mess Tin M31 (Kochgeschirr Modell 1931) only onto the wall of the vehicle. And without the mess tin leather carrying strap, as vehicle crews didn’t need to manpack the mess tin. Both hole diameter and distance are identical.…
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When war goes on many German equipment  was simplified in designs and material. The ‘Halter für Kochgeschirr’ also went through the same evolution end up in abortion.   From the early version aluminum to the simplified late version in Iron. And totally eliminated of the item at late war period, the crews was obliged to store…
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First time saw this odd looking clip for holding the mess tin inside vehicles, proofed that another over engineering piece for such a simple task. The original is made of 4mm thick aluminum, not in right angle any more over the year. May be bend by crew or by the junkman, anyway it is still…
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Finally the funnel came, my Gustav Barthel Juwel 33 is almost completed, picking up bits and pieces to complete the spare part box, some parts are not for 33. Bit by bit the set comes together. That’s the joy of collection. But waste a lot on useless parts and postage. Its fine as long as…
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Thanks for Fritze Knie to found me the Juwel 33 stove and guild me to start up the fire. I was almost purchase a Juwel 34, and he stopped me in time. Was knew nothing between the 33 and 34 then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b422zd0t-W4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5gIV3CZsaA

My one and only Trinkwasser 5L, sitting at the corner for months, as RAL paint is not available here, tried many paint but not match at all. not until found the MTN paint, the project had duly completed. Next phase—aging.

To complete the bunkerrofen a pipe with rain hood are needed. From the opening at the top of the oven the required size is 7.2cm diameter. Amazingly it is easy to found on Amazon, eBay and individual sellers as well as China. The correct term is stove pipes or chimney pipe for wood stove in…
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To get approval from wife to store the bunker oven indoor, must deal with the rust properly, happened to found the ‘Rost-Oleum High Heat Coating spray’ claimed to be withstand 1000°F 538°C, which should be safe for burning wood and charcoal in such low air flow, also to protect from rust. Upon dissembling found the…
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Received my month late birthday (2021) present today from Volgograd Russia, the German Bunker oven, gross weight 11kg, the big parcel had a safe trip and the over was well protect by a thick foam roll. Size is must smaller than expected (55 x 35cm dia), when assembling and dissembling it found it was very…
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Trying to cover the marking of my 1953 Norwegian 13L food container. A stencil of Nicht aufs Feuer Stellen had made, which is copied from a cast iron cover. The white paint just covered the 1953 and made it into a German Speisenträger. I am very happy with the result.