Labeflasche M 31 question

[Dietmar Hanz]

Hello, tell me please, the sanitary flask for the Wehrmacht necessarily had a black belt color and a hook for fastening on the belt?

Can a jar on the photo belong to the sani of the Wehrmacht? or are these jars used only in the German Red Cross?

Brown straps were used on the flasks of Wehrmacht sani? Or were the straps black only?

Thank you for your answers!

[MULON]

Hello, tell me please, the sanitary flask for the Wehrmacht necessarily had a black belt color and a hook for fastening on the belt?

This is an early type of sani canteen, were used by all branch of wehrmacht. You can find it with black or brown straps, with standard marking but also with DRK marking, Luftschutz etc. Then you can find two type of hardwere, hook and carabiner. Hook were sani, carabiner were GBJ troops canteen.

or are these jars used only in the German Red Cross?

No.

[MULON]

Sani canteens:

[MULON]

GBJ canteens (55-56-57) likes Sanitas canteens but with carabiner:

[Dietmar Hanz]

Thanks for your reply! But on the photo chronicle all the sanitars have a flask with a belt hook. I have not seen a photo, without a hook.

[MULON]

90, 91 and 92 are without Hook.

[Dietmar Hanz]

I realized that they were without a hook. But in the DRK, too, used without a hook, these flasks were exactly in the Wehrmacht?

[MULON]

I have one picture in my collection where is clearly visibile An Early soldier of The Heer with sani canteen with Light Brown straps and without Hook.

[MrSimh]

how do Sani carry canteens like 60,61,62 ?