Please show me your MATCHING canteens

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Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to complete some canteens, but I could need some help from you to see how a complete canteen of a certain maker looks like.

So far completed:
EEF43
ESB40 (medical)
FSS37
OHW42
CFL38 (medical)
RB-NR 0/0570/0188 (medical)
SKN38

I need help with the following:
KCL42 (tropical)
FWBN40
FWBN42 (tropical)
FWBN43 (red paint)
L&SL42 (tropical)
AEMA44 (green paint)
WAL33
SMM35
SMM37
RFI43 (red paint)
OHW42 (alu or bakelite cup ??)

Thank you for help !

Chris

P.S. send me a Message if you are interested in exchanging drinking cups. I have about 17 to swap.

[Viktor]

It is detail to minor points like this that makes men run everything Genossen, Bless.

[MULON]

Regarding FWBN cups it's really hard to find one matching set because you can find these cups on several different type of canteens

[MULON]

Same thing for EEF cups

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Please show me your MATCHING canteens

Good to know. But anyhow I am happy to have completed the EEF43 and FWBN42.

Maybe I should pose specific questions about separate canteens, like the AEMA.
Does the rivetted cover belong to this and I think the screw cap needs to be steel painted red ?

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Please show me your MATCHING canteens

FWBN42 tropical. Did these have the matching FWBN alu cups or should I better use a bakelite cup ?

It is very hard to see, but I think on the felt cover is a very light impression from a metal cup. Not sure though.



EDIT:
metal cup does not fit. So it will be the bakelite cup although the fit is also very tight.

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FWBN40
should it have an Aluminium or plastic screw cap?

[Svenpanzer]

What I encountered on a few of my matching canteens is that the codes on the bakelite cup and bakelite screwcap are matching (the M in cirkel).

I have a 1L gebirgs version, the code in the M/cirkel says F7 and it's also F7 on the bakelite screwcap.

I will make a list of my unmatching and matching sets. What I also encounterred is that the late war coconut canteens don't have matching steel cups.

best regards Sven

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Thanks Sven. I took a look at the canteen where I know it was never touched or changed and you are right, they are the same

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Two late war RFI43 canteens. Note the difference with the green and black hook and the even and rough leather.
I wonder which originally belongs to RFI canteens?
Smooth leather marked with RB-Nr, as well as the felt cover. Drinking cup is without markings.

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I still need help with the RFI 43 canteen. Noone out there with a matching set ? So I can see what it looks like....

[knoffhoff]

I can offer to post pictures of two matching RFI 43 canteens, but I don't think they are the type you are looking for.
One has a 43 dated alu bottle, the other is a 43 - 44 mix with green steel bottle.
Anyways, I do think there was quite a mix of materials that have been used and don't think there is such a thing as the standard look of the 43 RFI canteen.

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Thanks, but I am really looking to find out how a canteen right from the factory looked like.
Did it have felt or canvas cover?
Was the cover RB-numbered ?
Did it have soft or pebbled leather?
and so on...


Currently I am also looking for an SKU 1945 canteen.
I have 3 of them, but they all look totally different...

[sfmike1]

Hi, I think that Knoffhoff may be correct....that the materials might be too variable in that year to say exactly what the "factory" model looked like. From the various '43 dated canteens I have (no RFI43 unfortunately), I'd say:
1. Most have pebbled leather straps (pigskin) at this point, but not all (see my all-matching MN43 below, that has mixed straps. All parts are marked MN43).
2. All still have felt covers. The "wool" covers don't seem to appear until '44 it seems.
3. RBNr.'s could appear on covers by that date, but not common.
4. Aluminum (rather than brass) snaps on the felt cover seem to be the norm by this date.

So...I think of your (2) RFI43 models, the one with the rough textured straps and aluminum snaps would be more correct (the other one looks like it has brass snaps). But....who knows....they might have come from the same factory at different times of the year. Unless the red steel cap has been re-attached to the smooth strap, they could both be good (one early '43, one late perhaps).

SF Mike

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thanks for the nice MN43 photos. I have 3-4 MN43 myself, all worn condition, but it is obvious this manufacturer used brown straps. Can you show pictures of the screw cap please?

And another thing: MN43 red bottles should NOT be marked. Is that true with your canteen as well ?