laughing_man wrote:However, it is an item of the West Germany Forces of the 1950s instead of WW2.
A seller says that the stamp of "DIN 40" means not 1940 but engineering specification.
Right, I also have some of these.
"DIN" means "Deutsches Institut für Normung" or "German institut for standardization".
"Anything" you can produce over here, refers to a "DIN" so any manufacturer producing it, must follow the same (technical) rules and specifications.
That canned bread was developed by "Konrad Michel", a master degree baker living the same city I´m living now. For that article, the news paper asked me if I have a canned bread for them to picture - I had
Here is the "How-it´s-made-video"
Re: WW2 German ration
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 9:21 am
by MREHungary
A great video! I was never a big fan of rye-bread, but I tried this in an EPA and it was actually very good. It was very tasty with the margarine and the meat products. Next time I will try them with the jams.
Re: WW2 German ration
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 1:14 pm
by laughing_man
housil, Thank you for the wonderful information
That video is very interesting.
Re: WW2 German ration
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 7:55 pm
by steve1989
Laughing_Man, if you eat that bread you will get the bravest Ration eater of the month award!
I wonder what condition it is in - fascinating item.
