Check out this oxygen bottle

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I've gotta admit, I don't usually go around looking at bottles for the "most dates.................."
 
I dunno - do you really think in Nazi Germany in the late 30's and early 40's that they were worried about hydrostatic tests and stamps? They probably were not too worried about safety back then. Also, I have a hard time believing that a bottle that was, presumably manufactured in Germany in the 30's had the same threads and fittings as we have used here for the last few decades....

I am going to call it bogus, just my 2 cents.
 
d55dave said:
I dunno - do you really think in Nazi Germany in the late 30's and early 40's that they were worried about hydrostatic tests and stamps? They probably were not too worried about safety back then. Also, I have a hard time believing that a bottle that was, presumably manufactured in Germany in the 30's had the same threads and fittings as we have used here for the last few decades....

I am going to call it bogus, just my 2 cents.
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Does it really matter? It's a great conversation piece.
 
From the dates it looks like that bottle was checked every 5 years up until 1960 and then every 10 years after that.
What company made the bottle? Can't see the rest of the cast legend around the top of it. Are they still in business? If they are, maybe they can confirm they originally sold product to Germany back in 1936.
Cool find.
 
d55dave said:
I dunno - do you really think in Nazi Germany in the late 30's and early 40's that they were worried about hydrostatic tests and stamps? They probably were not too worried about safety back then. Also, I have a hard time believing that a bottle that was, presumably manufactured in Germany in the 30's had the same threads and fittings as we have used here for the last few decades....

I am going to call it bogus, just my 2 cents.
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Im gonna raise an eyebrow also! might be real, might not.
 

Interesting to think the standards for those haven't changed in 80 years.

I've seen railroad related pics from the 40's, and the tanks do look like that...
 
It ceretainly has the dates to back it up. It IS interesting.
 
Just did a little reading and Linde was a German bottle company in the early/mid 1900's, and the swastika was a company logo. not sure how accurate the article was.
 
I work at a former Linde facility and that bottle is legit. My previous employer Valley National Gases now Matheson bought it off Linde when they had to sell off all their interests due to the accident in Bhopal, India that killed an entire village from a toxic gas. During WWII cylinders came from Germany and filled at their U.S. facilities DID have swastika's stamped on them. Later they would punch with a stamp and cover up the swastika and continued to this day. Every once in awhile an old tank surfaces and must do away with the swastika. The oldest tank I have seen was stamped all the way back to late 1800's. As long as they can pass retest they can continue to be kept in service. As far as the valve, no difference from US to german valve just different cga's
 
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