Canteens

Coconut canteen marked HRE 43. The canteen is in good condition. The canteen comes with its matching aluminium HRE pattern cup.

 

Incredibly rare original orange bakelite canteen cup. This is a rare opportunity to buy original orange bakelite canteen cup. This example was certainly MPD code marked just like the other examples but the markings are completely faded because of the time in the ground. The MPD code F7/K indicates production by a still unknown maker and the usage of urea resin (which is a certain type of Bakelite) with an organic filler material. The bakelite surface is affected by the time in the ground and thereby lost some of its smooth surface. The cup only has some minor discolorations which could probably be cleaned some more. Beautiful original and very rare example!

This cup was found in Berlin recently together with 12 complete and 5 damaged cups. They were dug up underneath remnants of a concrete floor together with other canteen cups and butterdishes. In 15 years of collecting I’ve only found one example for my personal collection: this is only the second time I’ve been able to acquire one. I have kept 3 cups for my personal collection, other then these there are no other orange cups on the market today that I am aware of. Rarer then most Knights Crosses.

Black bakelite canteen cup marked gfc 1944 1W 31 indicates manufacturer Julius Posselt, Gablonz an der Neisse, Reichsgau Sudetenland in excellent condition.

Black bakelite canteen cup marked 46 S which is a unknown manufacturer in excellent condition.

Excellent late war enameled M42 canteen cup in overall good condition. The enamel itself is in very good condition, the factory green paint can be spotted but is mostly wore off which is virtually always the case with enamel cups. Nice example marked AEMA 43. Perfect spare which is uncommon to find!

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!

Rare variant small black painted aluminium canteen cup in very good condition. This type of cup is often encountered on 1L Labeflasche but appeared on multiple type of canteens throughout the war. This example is nicely marked RFI 42 which indicates production by Rudolf Fissler GmbH, Idar-Oberstein in 1942. This example is nicely named Gefr. (Gefreiter) Fursine. Rare aluminium cup which is extremely hard to find as a spare!

M31 canteen marked HRE 42 indicating production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen. The flask is marked HRE 42, the lid and cup marked HRE 43 indicating one of the last runs before the factory switched to exclusively coconut canteens in the same year. Very hard to find!

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!

M42 canteen marked CFL 43 indicating production by Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid. The canteen is a excellent example with matching black phenolic resin cup marked 1W 31. Nice example!

M42 canteen marked CFL 43 indicating production by Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid. The canteen is a excellent example with matching metal cup marked CFL. Nice example!

M42 canteen marked GNL 43 in very condition. This is one of the rarer manufacturers to find and complete with its matching GNL 43 cup!

M31 medical canteen marked DMN 42 which indicates production by Deutsche Metallwerke AG, Neustadt. Nice piece in unissued condition!

M31 medical canteen with its flask and cup marked SMM 43 indicating a factory mismatched example produced by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach in 1942. Textbook medical M31 canteen, hard to find late war example.

Textbook pre war M31 canteen in matching and very good condition. All the parts (strap, cap, flask, cup and cover) of the canteen are nicely marked CFL 38 which indicates production by Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid.  The canteen is a typical pre war example with high quality materials and a brown leather strap!

Coconut canteen marked HRE 43. The canteen is in good condition. The canteen comes with its matching phenolic resin cup.

 

Textbook coconut canteen marked HRE 42 indicating production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen. Typical example with first pattern friction buckle closing strap. The canteen is in good used condition and complete with its phenolic resin canteen cup. Nice variant with wide horizontal support strap!

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/

Very nice first pattern Coconut pattern canteen in nicely combat used condition. The canteen is in untouched condition and shows traces of real usage and is a nice combat used example! The canteen is a coconut pattern which were only made by HRE, this specific example is nicely marked HRE 42 which indicates production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen in 1942. Note that the strap from the closing cap is heavily damaged and almost trough the complete fabric! Nice original example which is rather hard to encounter in combat used condition!

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the coconut canteens can be read here; https://fjm44.com/articles/the-coconut-canteen-ritters-mystery-canteen/