First pattern coconut canteen marked HRE 42

Textbook early manufactured first pattern so-called coconut canteen in configuration with the M31 style aluminium cup with factory applied olive green paint. These early examples with the M31 pattern cups are rather hard to encounter in matching and undamaged condition! The aluminium cup has steel handles which is for me the first time to encounter this. The canteen itself and the cup are nicely marked HRE 42 which indicates production by Heinrich Ritter, Esslingen in 1942. Excellent canteen with some rare details which would be hard to upgrade!