Canteens

[grndevil44]

never had a drop of water near it ! sorry for the shaky pic !

[grndevil44]

43 dated

RFL43 cup, green outside and in, FWBN 43 body

cheers

john

[pzo]

Early canteens

Tom,

It soundls like the race is on......to see which of us gets a juicy early matched feldflasche first.....

Do you want to set a date limit....ex nothing later than....say 40?

1...2...3...GO!!!!!

I suggest to set limit on 1939. In 1940 Germans started to use steel parts, like carbine hooks, and poor quality, pig skin, straps. Here are my early, military canteens, dated: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1938, 1939, 1940.

[pzo]

Early canteens

Back view.

[pzo]

Early, paramilitary canteens

Some paramilitary canteens, like SA, HJ, RAD, etc.

[pzo]

Early, paramilitary canteens

Back view

[grndevil44]

nice collection PZO ! just looking for a 36 dated example

also have this small one, ESB 42

[grndevil44]

I like the added piece of felt

[whsammler]

John & PZO,

Great stuff guys.....

This thread is zooming along very nice......

[fullriede]

Interesting cup. DRP Ldsht - "Deutsche Reichspost Landshut".

Regards
Marcin

Cup. Please notice pattern on carbine hook from first picture.

[MULON]

John & PZO,

Great stuff guys.....

This thread is zooming along very nice......

I agree, stunning example are there.

[MULON]

I have just a question, are you sure that the canteens oulined in red in the picture were used only by political or paramilitary units?I'm sure that these were also used by Wehrmacht, it's possible to see in many period photos, what do you think about it?

[Zeller]

Hello I have some questions on the black canteen which I supposeis the HJ/DJ. Is it black or dark blue? any marking? I would really like to see it in details, thanks Zeller

[pzo]

Yes, I have seen them on pictures of regular WH soldiers. I think that these were made for RAD. RAD members very often filled the ranks of Wehrmacht with their equipment and uniforms. Outlined canteens are not RZM marked but in regular way like standard canteen. Canteen in black cover is marked HRE 34 but this is probably because of pre RZM era.

[pzo]

black canteen HJ/DJ

Hello I have some questions on the black canteen which I supposeis the HJ/DJ. Is it black or dark blue? any marking? I would really like to see it in details, thanks Zeller

Here it goes. All black. Unmarked, except HRE34 on bottle's neck.