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Swedish Army Cookset ST 89

Accession Number

511.2008.1(a-c)

Object Name

Swedish Army Cookset ST 89

Created

26/11/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/11/2008

Brief Description

Swedish Army cook set with plastic spirit bottle inside. Black metal removable pot holder outside with two fold up metal pot rests,fourteen holes and large hole in bottom. Green billy can with lid, carrying handle and hook.

Materials

metal, plastic

Dimensions

17(h) x 18.5(w) x 11.5(d) cms.

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Three crowns and "ST 89" on billy can. Three crowns and "RODSPRIT MYCKET BRANDFARLIG GIFTIG" on plastic bottle. Three crowns and "NC68 SVEA" on black pot holder.

Colour

green/black

Maker

Svea, Trangia

Object Production Place

Sweden

Provenance

Most armies of the world have a basic cooking stove for issuing to individual soldiers and the one we have here in the collection is the Swedish Army’s version, or at least one of them, as there seems to be lots of other versions around. If you are interested there is a website called Classic Camp Stoves where you can find out much more.
Our little stove is designed to run on methylated spirit (Swedish Rodsprit) using the Trangia style burner though solid fuel such as Meta or Hexamine can also be used: twigs and wood shavings will also work in extremis.
We are not sure when this particular model appeared on the scene and wonder if the stamp ‘ST89’ that appears on the billy can is a clue, or NC68 on the pot holder(?) It also seems that Svea made the cookset but Trangia made the burner- one of the many puzzles these items provide us with - let us know if you have more information.

Acquisition Date

26/11/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Normal Location

Bohuntin

Current Location

Bohuntin

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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