Mess tin, Canadian Army issue - Upper portion. 1918, half round style. The bottom is marked with maker "The Sheet Metal Products Co Ltd. 1918". Both halves are marked with the C and Broad Arrow. TIN, MESS, OLD PATTERN The D-shaped mess tin was introduced around 1814, towards the end of the Napoleonic wars, and continued in service until about 1938. Sir Albert Edward Kemp KCMG PC (August 11, 1858 – August 12, 1929) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Kemp was a Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of Overseas Military Forces during World War I. Kemp and his brother expanded their manufacturing operations and opened plants in Montreal and Winnipeg, eventually reorganizing their business as the Sheet Metal Products Company of Canada Limited in 1911. In October 1927 Sheet Metal Products merged with McClary Manufacturing [see John McClary] and Thomas Davidson Manufacturing Company Limited of Montreal to form General Steel Wares Limited, a combination that reputedly netted Kemp more than $3 million.