Meva No 1

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  1. Afterburner

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    Last year spring I visited Prague and from there I made a day trip to Karlštejn Castle ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlštejn ) Near by village there was few "antique" shops for tourists. At one shop I spotted few boring type 1&5 stoves that are found everywhere. One was collapsible Czechoslovakia made Meva 1 so I thought that it is ok souvenir for me. It looked very little used and came with a trivet. No wrench nor cap for the tank were with the stove. Here are some pictures from it:

    Meva1.jpg

    MevaTop.jpg

    Meva7.jpg

    Meva2.jpg

    Meva6.jpg

    Meva3.jpg

    Meva4.jpg

    Meva5.jpg

    Bottom has number '263' stamped onto it:
    Meva9.jpg

    Meva8.jpg

    Maybe it's a manufacturing date February 1963 (or some other number code)?

    Trivet support/pot leg dimensions of the stove can be found from this thread: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/meva-no-1-trivet-leg-dimensions.35181/#post-362545
     
  2. Punch

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    My Meva #1 has 357 stamped on bottom of tank but your Meva looks older than mine? I have the bleed screw on top of filler cap.
     
  3. gieorgijewski

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    263 mean second trymestr (- we say kwartał /quoter) 1963
    ----1-----2--------3-------4---
    I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X,XI,XII - 1963


    357
    3 trymestr 1957