Description
The price is for 1 folding burner in an authentic box + 1 box of dry fuel.
The burner is a copy of the original German Wehrmacht burner, but without the inscription Esbit. Packaging for the Wehrmacht (there was also a civilian model).
The fuel is in round-shaped tablets. There are 4 tablets inside the cardboard box. Tablets are hygroscopic (absorb moisture), so they should be stored in a dry place.
Esbit is the brand name for urotropine tablets (hexamethylenetetramine). The substance itself was discovered in 1859 by Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov, and the Swabian (German) inventor and businessman Erich Schumm came up with it as a dry fuel. He founded "Schumm" firm in 1933 and introduced dry fuel to the market under the name "Esbit" by 1936. The word Esbit is an abbreviation for the phrase "Erich Schumms Brennstoff in Tablettenform" (fuel in the form of tablets from Erich Schumm). Source: de.wikipedia.org
Esbit Model 9 burners were used in the Heer. Of course, the company also produced other models. Esbit still exists: esbit.de.
