Wehrmact fuel drum

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Something that one wouldn't expect to have lasted in the open like this.

Sort of similar with my "original" German Jerry can which was "sourced" from a West African market in mid 1980's and is now part of my Jerry can collection. A relative was working out there and decided to drive back to the UK when his contract ended. He needed an additional Jerry can to the cans that he already had but didn't have time to go to the market himself where they were sold, some distance away, and so got a local colleague to go but asked him to be sure to buy a fairly new Jerry can. The chap came back with just about the oldest Jerry can that it was humanly possible to buy.

The only issue with it was a very slight leap/leak on the rubber seal on the cap.

Interestingly one of my other Jerry cans in my collection, an early post war British can, appears to be made by the same German maker.