Original German WWII Aluminum M31 Canteen with Tropical Canvas Harness & Aluminum Cup by Deutsche Metallwerke in Neustadt an der Weinstraße - Dated 1943 Japanese Field Gear Looking at the tang

Looking at the tang

- Other small parts and/or internal parts

The Marine Corps used the vest into the 1980s during training

By early 1963

The chinstrap is now quite stiff

Original German WWII Aluminum M31 Canteen with Tropical Canvas Harness & Aluminum Cup by Deutsche Metallwerke in Neustadt an der Weinstraße - Dated 1943 Japanese Field Gear Looking at the tangOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice original German Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) M31 Aluminum tropical canteen (Tropen Feldflasche), complete with its aluminum cap, aluminum cup, canvas carry strap, and genuine wool cover. The Cup and cap are both marked DMN43 for 1943 manufacture by Deutsche Metallwerke in Neustadt an der Weinstrae. The companies that made the Aluminum components for canteens often did not use three letter codes, so