Military spirit stove?

[Globetrotter.uk]

Anyone ever seen one of these, it is a twin burner spirit stove with army arrow markings and made in england stamped on the casing. Any info please. Also Suggestion for replacement wick? it it round like a mantle

 

[spamel]

Looks like something used to keep food in a tray warm at mess functions.

 

[Limaed]

Looks like a hotplate used to keep food warm rather than a stove though its hard to tell. Burning the fuel with a wick would also surgest that. Have you tried it out?
Ive used lots of field cookware and haven't seen one of these before so it must be quite old or is perhaps from a small cooking outfit rather than a large one.
I guess the wick from a Hurricane Lantern would do the trick?

 

[Limaed]

Actually ird agree with Spam its probably not feild gear at all.

 

[tenderfoot]

It may be used with an autoclave (ie like a pressure cooker) for sterilising medical instruments in a field hospital/dressing station.It does not have to produce a lot of fast heat the build up combined with pressure reaches sterilising temperature easily. you find these types of things in a variety of different shapes and sizes.

 

[Globetrotter.uk]

I was speaking with a retired member of the signal corp and he thinks it was a foot heater too.

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

I was speaking with a retired member of the signal corp and he thinks it was a foot heater too.

A "FOOT HEATER"?

Damn, someones having an easy life! :yelrotflm

 

[RAPPLEBY2000]

but... to be serious, anything with a wick isn't going to have a roaring flame.

I agree a heater rather than a cooker.

couldn't you press it into service with a meths burner though?

 

[harryhaller]

It'd be great for making waffles.