A 1917, 'G' date mark, Primus No.96 which is almost like new. Many of the 1917 consignment of Primus '96's were by or for British Officers, if that was the case here it almost certainly never reached its intended recipient. There are no signs of any thing other than the most cursory test firing, and no more. Both the interior of the tin and even the paper contents, a base tin packing diagram and a lid instructions for use sheet, are absolutely pristine and unmarked. The outside of the tin, painted in a drab military green, shows signs of age and storage. The perfect-fit tin has the same main dimensions of the 'official' fitted tins, but this does not have any fitments, and the corners are a different profile. (note the cut corner on the base packing diagram sheet to enable it to be lifted with a finger nail!) Every brass component is crisp and sharp with no signs of wear: The priming meths tin is different to others I have seen as it has the round Hjorth provenance mark pressed into the bottom: On the flame plate, bell and inner points of the leg tops are the only signs it has been fired: Otherwise everything is still just like new:
2 pieces of additional cross-referencing: 1. there is another, larger, Gamage outfit here, and also 2. a second example of the little spirit tin with the Hjorth base mark here, in a similar but 1916 dated tin outfit posted by @Lighthouse.
Just noticed that the stove, tin, spirit can and paper inserts in this thread are all the same too: Primus No:96 1917 WW1 provenance | Classic Camp Stoves Be interesting to know who introduced these plain tins, when and why Also pondering an other oddity regarding the main stove in this thread. The sealing washer that the burner tightens down on to is fibre, not lead; but, given that the stove had barely been lit, was it supplied like that?
