Army No.2 Cooker

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Description
Dark green MK2 military camping stove. Hinged lid with door containing removable spanner. Handle on front which pulls out fuel cylinder. Removable pot rest. Silver coloured funnel for filling fuel cylinder. Two hinged handles for carrying. There are ten
Inscription description
Inside door inscription on yellow label reads “WARNING THIS COOKER OPERATES WITH LEADED PETROL, THE FUMES OF WHICH ARE DANGEROUS AND MUST NOT BE OPERATED IN ENCLOSED PLACES, AND MUST NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH FOOD.DO NOT OPERATE IN AN ENCLOSED PLA
Acquisition Method:
Donated by Mick Tighe
Number of Objects:
1
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Provenance:
If you are interested in old camping stoves then check out a website called Classic Camp Stoves and you’ll find all you need. We asked one of their experts, Ross Mellows, about our stove and here’s what he had to say:- ” T&W made the early ones. In later years it was like many military items, they were made under license by several manufacturers. Two I know of were SURMET(S.S.M.C. Ltd.) & Westinghouse Signal & Brake Co. Ltd. I believe they also did the modifications to the earlier stoves to make them MK2 (modified). You can tell the modified ones – the cut out for the front tap is still on the slide out front but capped off & the control to the side. A new MK 2 was manufactured to the new design- the fuel feed went straight to the burner & the cut-out for the front tap was dropped as were the spares in the windshield. The MK2’s are silent burner” T&W refers to a company called Turley & Williams and it looks like ours is the later – new MK2 – version which we think dates from the late 1940’s. It’s in mint, unused condition and was bought in a junk shop for £5.
Object Production
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Colour:
dark green box, silver and gold parts
Dimensions:
12(h)x24(w)x24.5(d) cms.
Object Condition:
unused
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
067.2008.1(a-d)
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
28/04/2009
ID:
1
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Location
Location:
Bohuntin
Current Location
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007