Original Excellent Condition German WWII Afrikakorps Aluminum M31 Canteen with Canvas Harness & Bakelite Cup - dated 1942 U.S. Artillery and an officer's version (Type

and an officer's version (Type B) with a round barrel and solid trigger guard

With no other safety device than a simple spring

Originally it was nickel plated

A fantastic research opportunity for a highly motivated collector

with a large Balkenkreuz (Beam Cross) in the field

Original Excellent Condition German WWII Afrikakorps Aluminum M31 Canteen with Canvas Harness & Bakelite Cup - dated 1942 U.S. Artillery and an officer's version (TypeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice original German Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) M31 Aluminum tropical canteen (Tropen Feldflasche), complete with its bakelite cap, cup, canvas carry strap, and genuine wool cover. The canteen body itself is marked EEF42 (X. Heine u. Sohn, Voehrenbach), and there is a mold number marking on the bakelite cap as well. The companies that made the Aluminum components for canteens often did not use three