Help Identifying Object

[Bubbaette]

My son bought this at a gun show this weekend and we would love some help trying to identify it. I put it next to a can so you can see the size of it. My son is starting to collect a few of these kind of things. Thanks.

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[Skippy]

Looks like a can of diced tomatoes, probably post-war production

[jonesboy71]

Looks like a can of diced tomatoes, probably post-war production

That was my first guess too.

[Badger]

At first, I thought it was an old distributor cap....

Is it made out of some kind of bakelite type material?

Regards,
Badger

[bearhunter]

fuse container?

[pzjgr]

Any markings? It does look like a WWII German fuze/charge/ordnance container....

[jonnyc]

Lens container?

[skeet1]

I'm not sure but I think it is some kind of photographic film canister. I have one just like it and I think my dad told me that was what it was.

Skeet1

[Warren]

Sold by Princess Auto and others about 30 plus years ago....use unknown, but were Canadian military surplus. Suspect they were for film. Still have a few and good for small part storage.