TCSchultz Posted February 23, 2019 Share #1 Posted February 23, 2019 I picked up this WW1 US Army canteen and M-1912 pistol belt combo rig recently and noted that the canteen has a cork stopper in place of the usual chained cap. The neck of the canteen looks like it might have been reworked from a threaded neck but whoever did it did a good job. The canteen is dated 1918 and was made by "T.J.W.B.M.CO." while the cup is 1918 dated and the cover is 1917 dated. The belt has no date visible nor maker markings. Any comments welcome and thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCSchultz Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted February 26, 2019 Surprised no one replied on this post but I guess everyone probably thinks it's homemade by someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake1941 Posted February 26, 2019 Share #3 Posted February 26, 2019 I would suggest homemade, the chains for the cap dont seem all that strong. I just cant get why they would modify the mouth of the canteen. At the time Im sure there was a good surplus of these considering they still had a good stock of them when the 2nd world war broke out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted February 26, 2019 Share #4 Posted February 26, 2019 Good looking belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted February 26, 2019 Share #5 Posted February 26, 2019 @ TCSchultz We discussed such odd military things in pre-USMF period on gunboards.com forum. Generally speaking The J.W. Brown Mfg. Co. (T.J.W.B.M.) manufactured very elegant M1910 canteens. Below there is my specimen of 1918. Old, highly experienced collectors (majority of them no longer living) on gunboards.com called such unfinished military items "breakfast items" or "dinner items". Simply, workers took home various unfinished (but useful) military products before last phase of quality control. Your canteen looks like taken before neck pressing. Regards Gregory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCSchultz Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted February 26, 2019 Thanks for the replies as they were most appreciated and I would have never thought of this being unfinished but it certainly makes sense now. I couldn't understand why someone would go to the trouble of smoothing out the neck as I assumed that it had already been finished but now it makes perfect sense that it wasn't. The belt is nice too and I only wish it was dated but can't make out any markings to the reverse. Thanks again and take care. Tom Schultz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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