My small WW1 canteen collection

[Gustaf]

Hey Michiel,
The second waterbottle is no doubt German, pre war aluminum construction, one would need to remove the cover to be sure, as a german waterbottle will be marked, the covers on the Belgian waterbottles had the snap opening in the center of the flat part of the bottle, rather than the side like this one, and Belgian bottles are seldome marked.
Best wishes
Gsu

 

[Pierre Grande Guerre]

Michiel welcome from a fellow Dutchman. You run also an interesting website. For most guys here; interesting pics but alas for you with Dutch text. So, Use Google translation.

 

[frontschwein]

Gustaf and pierre, thank you for your reply.

Pierre, i also enjoyed browsing your site! keep up the good work.

Gustaf, i've removed the cover. There are no markings on the canteen except for the one on the bottleneck. its marked: R.114.
but no makermark on the side.

 

[Gustaf]

Hey Michiel,
That is a puzzel, it really looks German to me, but I have not seen a german waterbottle with out a maker's mark, but that does not mean that there are not any out there.
Best
Gus

 

[RON]

Gents, is this one truly a German 'medical' canteen?
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[Gustaf]

Here is an addition from a year or two ago, it is a glass ersatz Ottoman water bottle, I have seen many with out the cover, it is a distinct flask, as it has a ribbed pattern to the outside of the bottle, A friend handed this to me selling it as German, but as soon as my had felt the ribs, I knew what it was. Recently another collector in Turky found four with the covers and leather straps.

 

[ebeeby]

Excellent - thanks for sharing!

 

[Chelius]

OK...Does anyone in or out of this thread on the World War I German canteen (aka: "water bottle") have an extra original cork assebly lying around in a box of odd bits?...it's the one part I'm missing on a restoration.

One of these (sold on eBay before I was looking for one, of course).

Chelius H. Carter

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