<< I have two gas cans I would like a little information about. Instead if
the
usual U.S. stamped at the bottom these have U.S.A. on one side, and Q.M.C.
on the other. One is dated '45 the other '51. I assume these markings stand
for U.S. Army Quarter Master Corps. If so, how did the Quarter Master Corps
rate their own 'branded' gas cans and are these any more collectable than
regular U.S. marked cans? These are the only ones I have ever seen marked
like this >>
I have seen these types of cans numerous times. They are not, by themselves,
really anything special except that they are correct for the older vehicles
that so many of us are trying to restore and accessorize. They are not rare
but they are not so easy to find that you can pick them up just anywhere. I
have been looking for good condition WWII jerrycans for quite awhile and have
only found one. I have found a few good 50s dated cans and a few bad WWII
cans with various markings. Well if the quartermaster corps can have their
own trucks and jeeps and the ordnance corps can have millions of their own
rifles I don't see why the QMC having stamped jerrycans should be such a
stretch. I would imagine that this is a result of the fact that the cans were
made on contracts that specified that the finished product were the property
and responsibility of the QMC and so thats just the way the were made.
I have seen jerrycans from the 40s and 50s marked USMC as well. They are
marked such in the same places as QMC appears on QMC cans. One fella told me
that this actually was the stamping of the manufacturer. (United States Metal
Can Co.) (USMC) but I doubt this. I have seen a water can stamped USMC on the
side that had a manufacturers marking on the bottom. I can't recall the
manufacturer but it was not U.S. Metal Can Co.
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