Rigger made canteen cover?

[BriansBricks]

I recently picked up a field-made canteen cover and I'm wondering if it could be rigger made. I'm not an expert on AB equipment, in fact I've never tried to research it because most items are way out of my price range, but if a regular piece of theater-made equipment turned out to be a more obscure piece that would be fantastic.

 

USMF isn't been to friendly with embedding imgur photos so here are the links. The flash gave the cover a shine but the second photo gives an accurate depiction of color and vibrancy.

 

http://imgur.com/ggqOyA9

 

http://imgur.com/l2YtMVt

 

http://imgur.com/JXZIFPH

 

http://imgur.com/W6d6tYH

 

[B229]

That's a British Pattern 1944 Canteen Cover, manufacturer in a factory in 1945, as evidenced by the date stamped on it. Never used by the US, and definitely not made by any riggers.

 

And not to pick on you in particular, but collectors have really gone off the deep end with all this "rigger made" nonsense. Parachute riggers maintain parachutes and are usually kept pretty busy doing that. On occasion, they have been utilized for other tasks, but making the large quantities of field equipment out of whole cloth that collectors attribute to them is certainly not something they do.

[Mandy]

I agree to B229. This is WWII. British Army P-44 Canteen Cover.

See the additional photo. Tom

[WWII_GI]

Agreed, it's a British cover.