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This item has come into my possession - it looks like this:
The nameplate says:
ED Deane & Beale.LTD
No1 SMALL 1952
CAT. NO. J.B.11400
LONDON
A bit of googling shows it to be one one these:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ed-Deane-amp...e-Stove-Cooker-Fireplace-Insert-/251395197075
Although that is a No4 SMALL
It's clearly some kind of cooker/stove, but if you look closely, mine has the Crow's Foot/Broad Arrow British Army symbol on it under the ED Deane & Beale bit as does the one linked to above. I also have a two part chimney/smokestack, some shelves/grates and a brush and rake thingy.
Google is being very secretive, or my googlefu is bust. What is this thing? It's only ever been fired up once (by me with smokeless fuel in the fire basket). I was going to incorporate it into an outside cooker area with a kind of tarp/canvas roof over the top, but a house move means that isn't gonna happen now :/
Did the British Army ever use these things? What's it worth? Where is best to sell it - it weighs an absolute tonne.
The nameplate says:
ED Deane & Beale.LTD
No1 SMALL 1952
CAT. NO. J.B.11400
LONDON
A bit of googling shows it to be one one these:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ed-Deane-amp...e-Stove-Cooker-Fireplace-Insert-/251395197075
Although that is a No4 SMALL
It's clearly some kind of cooker/stove, but if you look closely, mine has the Crow's Foot/Broad Arrow British Army symbol on it under the ED Deane & Beale bit as does the one linked to above. I also have a two part chimney/smokestack, some shelves/grates and a brush and rake thingy.
Google is being very secretive, or my googlefu is bust. What is this thing? It's only ever been fired up once (by me with smokeless fuel in the fire basket). I was going to incorporate it into an outside cooker area with a kind of tarp/canvas roof over the top, but a house move means that isn't gonna happen now :/
Did the British Army ever use these things? What's it worth? Where is best to sell it - it weighs an absolute tonne.
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