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Thoughts on engraved canteen

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#1

Looks to me like a post war reflection on his time in the service

or it might be totally contrived…

looks too clean to me. No provenance.. found at a flea market, part of an auction lot…

” in memory of my buddies who died in France”

 

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#2

Not a bad day for canteens

two 1918

two 1944

and one 1942…. 
 

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#3

I would agree that engraving doesn't have any wear. It could have been done on the way home and kept pristine, but that seems unlikely

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#4

The whole canteen looks a bit too clean to me, maybe done by someone post war? Or another thought a really bored GI in occupied France?

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#5

compared to other engraved canteens in the collection, I would say its a modern engraving.....no dirt or dust in the etching....

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