Fixbayonets! Posted January 9, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 9, 2010 Sitting on the field desk is a full and unopened 1942 bottle of coca cola. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share #2 Posted January 9, 2010 Bottle cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted January 9, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 9, 2010 For others who are looking for such an item, keep an eye out around the holiday times. Some years Coke has put out "nostalgia" bottles of a similar nature. One looks at this one and can only wonder where it has been for the last 68 years! Neat item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constabulary Posted January 9, 2010 Share #4 Posted January 9, 2010 I wonder if tastes like the todays Coke - would you try? :pinch: Wonderful piece! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 9, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2010 Sitting on the field desk is a full and unopened 1942 bottle of coca cola. Rob Hi Rob, that's a good one dated 1942, set up in a nice display with the field desk and the cigarettes and book matches. :thumbsup: Have you shaken it and set it down to see if there's still some fizz in there. Maybe two weeks back I posted my 1944 dated one with a 1944 dated Coca Cola check in the home front items, along with a few other items. Cheers Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share #6 Posted January 9, 2010 Hi Rob, that's a good one dated 1942, set up in a nice display with the field desk and the cigarettes and book matches. :thumbsup: Have you shaken it and set it down to see if there's still some fizz in there. Maybe two weeks back I posted my 1944 dated one with a 1944 dated Coca Cola check in the home front items, along with a few other items. Cheers Lewis Hi Ken, Yes, amazingly it still has some fizz when shaken. I just went back and found the 1944 bottle you posted, very nice! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share #7 Posted January 9, 2010 I wonder if tastes like the todays Coke - would you try? :pinch: Wonderful piece! :thumbsup: I must admit I have wondered if it tastes the same but I think I can live without finding out. By the way, here is a photo of some guys off loading some cases of coke from a truck. I would love to have one of those cases! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constabulary Posted January 9, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 9, 2010 Cool picture :thumbsup: I have a crate but the deviders are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED4 Posted January 9, 2010 Share #9 Posted January 9, 2010 I can't tell from the picture, is it a clear military bottle or the standard green bottle with the bottling plant marked on the bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted January 9, 2010 I can't tell from the picture, is it a clear military bottle or the standard green bottle with the bottling plant marked on the bottom? It's the standard green bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-X Posted January 11, 2010 Share #11 Posted January 11, 2010 I have one clear and one green that came from the rubbish dump at Honiara, Guadalcanal. Not full of course! I did how ever manage to find an original bottle cap too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted January 11, 2010 Share #12 Posted January 11, 2010 Very cool. Could you take a shot of your desk? I love these displays. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted January 11, 2010 Share #13 Posted January 11, 2010 I used to find the clear wwII dated bottles at nearby Ft. Stevens and surrounding area. There used to be piles of them in the woods, but they are getting harder to find. Are these things worth anything? I used to bring them to the museum, but they didn't want them. I guess because there being so many of them. Anyone collect the empties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #14 Posted January 11, 2010 Very cool. Could you take a shot of your desk? I love these displays. Thanks!! Hi Jim, Here are some shots of my field desk. This is the way I always have it set up, I just used the desk as a setting for the Coke bottle post so it's not shown in these photos. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #15 Posted January 11, 2010 Field desk table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #16 Posted January 11, 2010 Top of desk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #17 Posted January 11, 2010 Open draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #18 Posted January 11, 2010 Open top drawer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #19 Posted January 11, 2010 Another angle (sorry for that double posted photo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted January 12, 2010 Share #20 Posted January 12, 2010 How are you dating the Coke bottle? I have an old one here, (no fizz but full). Cap reads "COKE", bottom of bottle reads WILLMINGTON DEL (I can figure that one out ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share #21 Posted January 12, 2010 I used to find the clear wwII dated bottles at nearby Ft. Stevens and surrounding area. There used to be piles of them in the woods, but they are getting harder to find. Are these things worth anything? I used to bring them to the museum, but they didn't want them. I guess because there being so many of them. Anyone collect the empties? I am sure they are worth something, how much I really don't know. If you can pick them up for free in the woods, why not? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share #22 Posted January 12, 2010 How are you dating the Coke bottle? I have an old one here, (no fizz but full). Cap reads "COKE", bottom of bottle reads WILLMINGTON DEL (I can figure that one out ) My bottle is marked with the lot number, glass makers logo and year (42), down toward the base of the bottle. Here is a photo showing the date. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted January 12, 2010 Share #23 Posted January 12, 2010 Thanks! I had my hopes up, but my bottle is from 1964. I think my Dad may have several more in his basement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share #24 Posted May 28, 2011 I came across this in a photo album I recently bought. This photo was taken at Fort Bragg with the 9th Signal Company of the 9th Infantry Division in the Fall of 1941. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2reproductions Posted May 29, 2011 Share #25 Posted May 29, 2011 I have one clear and one green that came from the rubbish dump at Honiara, Guadalcanal. Not full of course! I did how ever manage to find an original bottle cap too I was there with Mr-X and I have one as well...also empty They were still using 1960 fanta bottles as well on Guadalcanal We were there a few weeks before the civil war started...now the aussie peace keepers get a medal for going there. And there is no truth in the rumor that we started it. :w00t: Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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