Original German WWII Late War Painted Enameled Steel M31 Canteen Rig with Steel Cup by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach (SMM) - dated 1944/45 U.S. Replica Double Sided

Double Sided

It matches the standard WWI pattern

and Bantam received the contract

with the main issue being the damage to the latches of the case

Original German WWII Late War Painted Enameled Steel M31 Canteen Rig with Steel Cup by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach (SMM) - dated 1944/45 U.S. Replica Double SidedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of a German WWII Issue M31 canteen water bottle rig, maker marked SMM 44 on the steel cup and SMM 45 on the canteen. Referred to in German as the Feldflasche Modell 1931 (Field bottle model 1931), these are usually found made of aluminum. However towards the end of the war, Aluminum, which was never plentiful in Germany, was in short supply, so the cups and later bottles were