IT brand (Canadian)
Photo: Geoff Robinson
Photo: Geoff Robinson
Photo: Geoff Robinson
Can is marked on face thus:
IT Trade Mark Reg’d
KHAKI Cleaner for all military web equipment
Will not rub off
The IT Company Ltd.
Toronto, Canada
and on reverse:
Directions
Shake well before using, apply cleaner evenly with an applicator of plush or cloth.
While freezable, this product can be restored to liquid form without affecting quality.
The IT Company Ltd.
Toronto, Canada
and on side:
Shake well
Contents 8 fluid ozs.
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Here is a different can style from the collection of Mick Burgess. It has a label applied to a plain can rather than print directly on the can itself. Could be an earlier version, a stop-gap measure when proper tins ran out of stock or even a later ‘austerity’ tin – label style though suggests an earlier version is the most likely.
Photo: Mick Burgess
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I have a tin full of web colouring called “IT” and it is billed as a “Khaki cleaner for all military web equipment” It was made in 1939 by the “IT Company Limited out of Toronto Canada”. The color is a dark green like KG 03.
Draw your own conclusions but the 3rd Canadian Div had coloured their webbing BEFORE D-Day and it was a dark green colour. The HLI of Canada used vehicle paint (that came from the word of a veteran and was verified by a copy of unit orders dated May 1944.) The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of Canada used KG 03 blanco on their gear as early as Nov 1943… once again from unit orders from D Coy. Although, they never used the word “Blanco” the orders stated the webbing would be colored dark khaki green. Webbing that is in the RWR museum that was used on D-day is what I would call KG-03 or dark green… also it is next to an assault jerkin (most of the RWR leading companies were issued it for the assault but then they were withdrawn a few days after the invasion and re-issued their dark webbing).
Written by ‘pumpkin2up’ on WW2 Reenactors US forum http://ww2reenactors.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=infantry2&action=display&thread=19847&page=8