I will start this off with a few photos of some of my water bottles and canteens, as well as issue cups.
First off is the American M1910 canteen, cup and carrier. This one is interesting to me as it is marked to Company A of the 101st Infantry, part of the 26th Division. This is the Company that my grandfather served with in France as a replacement when he was wounded. It is difficult to get 101 A marked items, and some of the people who collect 101st Airborne tend to run them up in price.
Next are Austrian water bottles, the one on the left is the standard late war enameled bottle, next to it is the nesting cup, these were carried in the pocket in the haversack, the aluminum bottle is the prewar M1909 water bottle, and to the right is an enameled version in a cavalry model carrying harness that was carried by a soldier in the Mounted Tiroliean Kaisersschützen. The Austrian water bottles are the smallest issued canteens that I know of, a ¼liter is hardly enough to was the dust out of one's mouth.
Next is an aluminum German M1893 Feldflasche with M1893 Trinkbecher attached to an early war bread bag
Followed by an enameled steel M1915 Feldflasche and M1915 Becher attached to a late war Brotbeutel.
On the right is a M1907 Feldflasch with out a cover, and on the left is an unidentifyed bottle with a cup attached, it looks to be German construction, and I have found similar ones in the German Alfa catalogue, but this is still unknown.
on the left is a Portuguese water bottle with the Mills carrier, on the right is a Belgian water bottle
My two French Biddon, the early 1 liter modle and the 1877 2 liter modle with the Quart (drinking cup that holds a quarter liter), French soldiers would often carry two of the two liter canteens, I think the French were the only ones who realized that soldiers needed water to do their job.
Here are my Italian water bottles, the one on the left is the M1917 bottle made of tinned steel covered with wool, it has a strap to attach to the M1907 haversack. the center is the M1907 Guglielminetti wooden bottle of standard construction, note the stopper is threaded. And on the right is an unidentified wooden bottle, that I believe is Italian, the only markings on it are "AH" burned into the bottom, it is fixed with wire bails to carry it on a strap.
Next are my Russian water bottles, the upper left is a green glass bottle that holds about ½ liter, it is similar to the M1894 aluminum bottle and was made before and during the war. Below it is a clear glass bottle in wool cover, these are smaller than the post war brown or clear glass bottles. top right is a M1882 wooden water bottle made of alder wood, note the stopper in not threaded on this one, it is very nearly the same size and shape as the Italian one. lower right is a standard M1894 aluminum water bottle, made in St Petersburg in 1910, during the rebuilding of the Russian Army after the defeat by the Japanese in 1905
And last is a couple of poor examples of canteens, the one on the left is from a P1903 carrier, it is early production judging from the blue enamel construction, the one on the right is a post war made bottle in a P1908 Mills carrier
And last of all is a cartoon form that book Wally, by Private Albain Wallgren, USMC
Best
Gus
First off is the American M1910 canteen, cup and carrier. This one is interesting to me as it is marked to Company A of the 101st Infantry, part of the 26th Division. This is the Company that my grandfather served with in France as a replacement when he was wounded. It is difficult to get 101 A marked items, and some of the people who collect 101st Airborne tend to run them up in price.
Next are Austrian water bottles, the one on the left is the standard late war enameled bottle, next to it is the nesting cup, these were carried in the pocket in the haversack, the aluminum bottle is the prewar M1909 water bottle, and to the right is an enameled version in a cavalry model carrying harness that was carried by a soldier in the Mounted Tiroliean Kaisersschützen. The Austrian water bottles are the smallest issued canteens that I know of, a ¼liter is hardly enough to was the dust out of one's mouth.
Next is an aluminum German M1893 Feldflasche with M1893 Trinkbecher attached to an early war bread bag
Followed by an enameled steel M1915 Feldflasche and M1915 Becher attached to a late war Brotbeutel.
On the right is a M1907 Feldflasch with out a cover, and on the left is an unidentifyed bottle with a cup attached, it looks to be German construction, and I have found similar ones in the German Alfa catalogue, but this is still unknown.
on the left is a Portuguese water bottle with the Mills carrier, on the right is a Belgian water bottle
My two French Biddon, the early 1 liter modle and the 1877 2 liter modle with the Quart (drinking cup that holds a quarter liter), French soldiers would often carry two of the two liter canteens, I think the French were the only ones who realized that soldiers needed water to do their job.
Here are my Italian water bottles, the one on the left is the M1917 bottle made of tinned steel covered with wool, it has a strap to attach to the M1907 haversack. the center is the M1907 Guglielminetti wooden bottle of standard construction, note the stopper is threaded. And on the right is an unidentified wooden bottle, that I believe is Italian, the only markings on it are "AH" burned into the bottom, it is fixed with wire bails to carry it on a strap.
Next are my Russian water bottles, the upper left is a green glass bottle that holds about ½ liter, it is similar to the M1894 aluminum bottle and was made before and during the war. Below it is a clear glass bottle in wool cover, these are smaller than the post war brown or clear glass bottles. top right is a M1882 wooden water bottle made of alder wood, note the stopper in not threaded on this one, it is very nearly the same size and shape as the Italian one. lower right is a standard M1894 aluminum water bottle, made in St Petersburg in 1910, during the rebuilding of the Russian Army after the defeat by the Japanese in 1905
And last is a couple of poor examples of canteens, the one on the left is from a P1903 carrier, it is early production judging from the blue enamel construction, the one on the right is a post war made bottle in a P1908 Mills carrier
And last of all is a cartoon form that book Wally, by Private Albain Wallgren, USMC
Best
Gus