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Last edited by MGN; 04-28-2005, 04:26 PM. -
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Michael !! can You post pictures of leather straps - how leather is finished.. buckle.. etc.
bottle is nor marked ?? strange...Comment
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Hello,
well the snaps are indeed strange and not what i would expect to see on a wartime example on both "male" and "female" parts (in fact on checking through some of my waterbottles i can't seem to find a match), as you know waterbottles of the period were well marked, as were the covers also....
Is it a blue covered bottle?
I have never felt comfortable with the blue covers personally. I seem to remember that Hitlerjugend/marinejugend were issued with blue covers but i am very wary of the blue covered bottles that surface from time to time. Paramilitary bottles are out of my field of interest however....i just don't get a military issue feel from this one.
Postwar border police were also issued blue covers too just to muddy the waters further.
Just feeling negative on this one thus far.
Patrick.Comment
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This is not a postwar Border Guard canteen. Those canteens are set up with black leather straps and are of the design that has a cup attached. Although I agree that this does not appear to be military issue because of the snaps, I think this could be a prewar or wartime paramilitary canteen. It MIGHT be a very early Luftwaffe canteen perhaps? Not sure.
Chris P.Comment
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looks way better !!
IMHO a good paramilitary canteen - NSFK or other !!Comment
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