Canteens

steelTextbook example M42 canteen in very good condition. The canteen is a typical late war example with a green steel cup. Both the flask itself and the cup are marked SMM 43 which indicates production by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach in 1943. Textbook matching M42 canteen!

Nice large 1L canteen or Labeflasche in very good condition. The canteens flask itself is nicely marked MN 41 which indicates production by Metallindustrie GmbH. Neunkirchen-Saar (MENESA) in 1941 and comes in configuration with a black phenolic resin cup! Nice canteen in good condition!

Textbook original large 1L aluminium canteen or Labeflasche in very good condition. The flask itself is unmarked but the cover is visibly dated 1943. The canteen comes together with a black bakelite drinking cup in excellent condition. Nice original “tropical” canteen with webbing straps!

Nice early pre M31 model canteen cup in very good condition. The cup is the small high aluminium variant which was issued with the canteens prior to the M31 pattern. These were also produced at the same time as the M31 pattern canteen, in that case mostly for political (HJ, SA Etc.) use. This example is nicely marked with 1/4L which indicates how much it could contain. Nice example!

Textbook M42 (steel) canteen in excellent condition. The red painted steel canteen itself is nicely marked SMM 43 which indicates production by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach in 1943. The canteen comes in a textbook late war configuration with a black bakelite cup and pebbled leather straps. Very nice example!

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.

Nice M42 canteen in hard combat used condition. The flask itself is marked CFL 44 which indicates production by Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid in 1944 and comes in configuration with a 1943 dated bakelite cup. Nice hard used example with a few repairs which would still look great on a mannequin.