Japanese navy canteen

[semperbee]

Hello all-
Newbie here, saw this canteen last week at a yard sale. I'm really in the dark when it comes to WWII Japanese field equipment, had took do some searching on the net before I realized what it was, then I went back and bought it. it's missing the lid, chain and strap. Does anyone make a repro set so I can put it all together?

Can anyone tell me what the markings on the cover translate to? Didn't notice the faded writing to the right of the markings until I took some pictures.

Also checked over the bottle itself and found a stamp of on bottom, very small, a manufacturer's mark? Thanks for any information you all can shed on it.

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[GHP]

I would like a larger image of the writing on the right side. It is very faded, even when I enlarge the images. What I *think* it says is:

機曹
佐々木
マ (ウ) 六
Kisō
Sasaki

Ma (U) 6

~Petty Officer
Sasaki

I have no idea what the katakana stand for. Probably the owner's position in a squad. The ウ is pronounced "oo", not "yew".

If I'm reading the rank correctly, this is IJN; they had the following engineering rates:
下士官 NCO
上等機関兵曹 = 上機曹 Chief Petty Officer
一等機関兵曹 = 一機曹 Petty Officer 1st Class
二等機関兵曹 = 二機曹 Petty Officer 2nd Class


--Guy

[semperbee]

re: navy canteen

thanks Guy for the info-

here's a close-up that you requested, don't know if it's any better.
Do you anything about the stamp on the bottom of the canteen?

[GHP]

thanks Guy for the info-

here's a close-up that you requested, don't know if it's any better.
Do you anything about the stamp on the bottom of the canteen?

一機曹佐々木 Petty Officer 1st Class Sasaki

Don't know about the canteen maker.

--Guy