USMC WWII Canteen cover markings....

[wartimecollectables.com]

OK, so can info be deciphered from just the number or does it have to have the Divisional 'design' as well?

[268th C.A.]

I'd say its USMC

[Blacksmith]

Hi WTC, number is sufficient, as there was no 100s-place UNIS overlap with the 5th MARDIV.

 

Your cover is a 4th Marine Division cover, with "532" being I-3-25, or I (India) Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment.

 

It looks like glove snaps on the flaps, which would make this a first pattern WWII USMC cover.

 

If they're lift-the-dot fasteners, it's a P2.

 

Very VERY nice cover. You may want to check closely inside and out for a faint laundry stamp, which may allow us to ID the cover to the Marine that carried it.

 

Thanks for posting it.

[wartimecollectables.com]

I'd say its USMC

Yes, it is. First pattern.

[wartimecollectables.com]

Hi WTC, number is sufficient, as there was no 100s-place UNIS overlap with the 5th MARDIV.

 

Your cover is a 4th Marine Division cover, with "532" being I-3-25, or I (India) Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment.

 

It looks like glove snaps on the flaps, which would make this a first pattern WWII USMC cover.

 

If they're lift-the-dot fasteners, it's a P2.

 

Very VERY nice cover. You may want to check closely inside and out for a faint laundry stamp, which may allow us to ID the cover to the Marine that carried it.

 

Thanks for posting it.

Thanks!

['Flage Guy]

Really nice Cover!!