Canteens

Brown bakelite canteen cup marked gfc 1941 /S indicates manufacturer Julius Posselt, Gablonz an der Neisse, Reichsgau Sudetenland in excellent condition. Nice brown example!

Black bakelite canteen cup in excellent condition. The cup is nicely marked 5M/S which is an unknown and rare manufacturer. The cup is named Gronau, finding named bakelite drinking cups is very rare!

Textbook late war M42 canteen in very good, most likely unissued condition. The canteen features very nice brown leather straps. The canteen and the cup are both nicely marked CFL 44 which indicates production by Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid in 1944. The cover shows some small discoloration and moth holes around the edges of the cup. Interestingly the cover is fitted the the wrong way around with the press studs on the right side instead of on the left but this is how I got it. Textbook M42 canteen!

M31 medical canteen cup marked HRE/40 in excellent condition.

Tropical one liter canteen or Labeflasche marked MN42 indicating production by MeNesa. The canteen is complete with the factory added belt loop. The canteen is in very good condition and would be very hard to upgrade!

Rare M31 canteen marked HRE 43 indicating production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen. This is a rare canteen considering Ritter switched 100% to producing coconut type canteens exclusively in 1943. The flask and felt is marked HRE 42, but the lid is marked HRE 43 indicating it was produced in early 1943, surely one of the last M31 canteens they produced!

Textbook late war coconut canteen in excellent, unissued condition. This example is nicely marked HRE 43 which indicates production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen. This canteen comes with a typical small aluminium cup which is unpainted and unmarked but textbook for this canteen! Perfect example which would be impossible to upgrade!

For more information on these canteens look at my article here; https://fjm44.com/articles/the-coconut-canteen-ritters-mystery-canteen/

Excellent “tropical” M31 canteen with webbing straps. The aluminium flask itself and the cover are both nicely marked W.W.E. 42 which indicates production by W. Wagner GmbH, Esslingen in 1941. This is one of the rarer makers to encounter when you collect canteens! Stunning M31 canteen in very good condition by a rare maker!

Textbook late war M42 canteen in very good condition. The canteen is a typical late war example with a rough wool cover and mixed pebbled and smooth leather on the straps. The green painted flask is nicely marked kvu which is the late war replacement for RFI which indicates production by Rudolf Fissler KG, Idar-Oberstein in 1944. The cup is matching to the canteen and nicely marked RFI 43 which indicates its most probable production very early in 1944. The canteen is in unissued condition and would be very hard to upgrade!

Textbook late war M42 canteen in very good condition. The canteen is a typical late war example with a rough wool cover and mixed pebbled and smooth leather on the straps. The green painted flask is nicely marked kvu which is the late war replacement for RFI which indicates production by Rudolf Fissler KG, Idar-Oberstein in 1944. The cup is matching to the canteen and nicely marked RFI 43 which indicates its most probable production very early in 1944. The canteen is in unissued condition and would be very hard to upgrade!

A very nice late war L&SL 44 marked M42 canteen indicating production by Linnepe & Schiffer Metallwarenfabrik, Lüdenscheid. A textbook late war canteen in excellent condition!

Excellent late war produced M42 canteen in configuration with matching enameled cup. This canteen comes in a very interesting and unusual but still matching configuration! The flask and cup are both a typical late war steel enameled type covered with rough green paint based on the steel M42 pattern canteens. Both the cup and flask are marked AEMA which indicates production by Annweiler Email-u.Metall-Werke in 1943. Excellent and rare to find canteen in this condition!

M42 canteen marked FWBN 43 which indicates production byF.W. Brockelmann Aluminiumwerk GmbH KG, Neheim/Ruhr in 1943. The canteen comes in a typical late war configuration with a brown leather strap. Textbook late war example!

M42 canteen marked ESB 43 which indicates production by Eduard Sommerfeld, Berlin in 1944. This is a textbook late war configuration canteen with a matching cup marked ESB 43. Very nice textbook late war example!

Stunning and textbook late war M42 canteen in close to mint, most likely unissued condition. The canteen is a typical late war example with a rough wool cover with small press studs and black pebbled straps. The flask itself is marked SMM 45 and the cup is marked SMM 44 which in my opinion indicates a factory mismatched example produced by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach in early 1945 with left over stock from 1944. Excellent late war M42 which would be hard to upgrade!

M31 tropical medical canteen marked RFI 41 which indicates production by Rudolf Fissler KG, Idar-Oberstein. Textbook example in unissued condition!

M31 medical canteen marked WAL 42 which indicates production by Westfalische Aluminium Industrie, Junger & Co., Lüdenscheid. Textbook example that would be very hard to upgrade!

M31 medical canteen marked WAL 41 which indicates production by Westfalische Aluminium Industrie, Junger & Co., Lüdenscheid. Textbook example that would be very hard to upgrade!

M31 canteen marked GNL 42. Textbook M31 example in unissued condition. This is one of the rarer manufacturers to find!

Textbook coconut canteen marked HRE 43 indicating production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen with second pattern roller buckle closing strap. The canteen is in excellent condition and is complete with the rare unpainted aluminium cup. The indentations at the edge of the cup and the wear on the canteen shows these have always been together. Highly sought after and textbook late war HRE coconut canteen configuration which would be impossible to upgrade!

To learn more about the coconut canteens you can read my article about them here; https://fjm44.com/articles/the-coconut-canteen-ritters-mystery-canteen/