WW2 STOVE USMC Army Mountain Ski “M1942 CA - 1945” WRENCH & SPARE PART Near
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WW2 STOVE USMC Army Mountain Ski Stove “M1942- MODIFIED / COLEMAN APPLIANCE -1-1945” Complete with WRENCH & SPARE PART and HOUSING!Near Mint!!Here’s the highly sought after Stove issued to (and found among) Armored, Infantry, Mountain/Ski, and Marine personnel!Stamped “US M-1942-MOD. / C-A-1-45”Originally designed for use by Mountain/Ski Troops for use in fuel-scarce areas above tree-line or in snow-covered terrain inside the Reversible Snow-Camouflaged Mountain Tent that was... provided with Ventilation Snorkels and a special square inset Canvas Panel on the Tent’s floor upon which to set the Stove.- INTACT, ORIGINAL highly perishable water-decal INSTRUCTIONAL LABEL with the gold border. The Label RARELY lasted more that several uses of the Stove, succumbing to heat and fuel damage!- Gleaming, clean STAINLESS STEEL shows minimal use! ZERO corrosion!- COMPLETE with all ORIGINAL parts, knobs, and all accessories, i.e. WRENCH, SPARE PARTS HOUSING with CONTENTS, and CANISTER/COOKING POTS!- Folding SUPPORT ARMS and FEET move freely. The Bakelite VALVE KNOB and small wooden CLEANER KNOB are present and in perfect shape. PUMP moves freely!-CANISTER is stamped “U.S. / C.M. MFG CO. / 1945” and is also in NEAR MINT condition!- Never personally tested.This is for the “foxhole chef.” When you gotta have coffee, this is the ticket!!—————History of this Stove, courtesy of OLIVE-DRAB.COM and SKICOLORADO’S BLOG, both loaded with details of production and variations!Designated the Stove, Mountain, M-1942 -- this was a 17 oz folding stove, with 1/2 pint fuel capacity, that could operate for 2 hours on one tank. Its design took into account frigid weather and it was near guaranteed to ignite at low temperatures. It had tripod folding legs and tripod folding brackets on top of the burner to support a pan. The pressure pump was combined with the filler cap and the Stove came with a small rectangular ”housing” that contained spare parts.The first attempt to produce a stove for the individual mountain soldier was designated the M-1941. This now almost forgotten unit was a good start but too heavy and used too much materiel in its manufacture.By the time the Africa campaign began in 1942, construction of Camp Hale (Colorado) was pretty much completed and U.S. ski troopers were being trained in skiing, climbing, winter survival, and ordnance. Camp Hale eventually became known for its 10th Mountain Division.Elsewhere, in this same timeframe, Bestor Robinson , a lawyer, mountaineer, and director of the Sierra Club in California prior to WWII, was assigned to a team at the U.S. Army’s Office of the Quartermaster General with the role of improving clothing and equipment for the army’s mountain divisions. The team was led by Robert Bates, who was an astounding mountaineer (and it’s worth reading his short bio of his career including his harrowing 156 mile trek out of the Yukon without maps or supplies with Brad Washburn after making the first ascent of Mt Lacunia in the late 1930’s!!)During this time, Robinson, was granted patents for the design of a compact stove, which is regularly called the “mountain stove” by many today. His patent designs for the stove and various parts of it can be found by searching the web for these numbers: Patent No. D133440, No. 2354221, 2455950, D133054. The contract to build the new little stove was apparently awarded to the Aladdin Industries subsidiary of The Mantle Lamp Company of America or Mantle Lamp, and manufactured under the name Aladdin, and subsequently awarded also to Coleman Appliance and Prentiss Wabers (Preway).This second stove model is known, and is stamped, as the M-1942 MOD., where ‘MOD.’ denotes ‘modified.’In 1944 this model was produced by Prentiss Wabers (a.k.a. known as Preway) of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin and by one other, possibly Coleman, however, I have been unable to confirm this. In 1945, the M-1942 MOD was produced by Aladdin, Prentiss Wabers and Coleman. Finally, this stove design and the earlier, taller M1941 design fit in the same CANISTER, called the Bayonet F canister, for the “F” design in the canister cap allowing for two different stove heights to be accommodated.The SPARE PARTS housing (often missing!) attaches to the windscreen/pot-support frame. This is referenced on the tank instruction label. This holder contains a vaporizer/screen/tip-cleaner (combined), and tip-cleaner packing gasket.The Multi-tool WRENCH (also often missing) mounts about the Fuel Valve Knob on a square-headed Post.BOTTOM LINE: This is a REALLY nice example!
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