Until the end of the war the modell 31 was used , however late war models show differences and simplyfications
Below a late war (1944 dated) variation is shown
Below the different parts of the field bottle.
The
cup , the bottle and the lid are made from red enamelled steel in stead of
aluminium / bakelite,
while the cup is painted green.
Also the straps are now seperated, probably to save leather.
On the left the enamelled steel cup
The red paint also can be seen
Detail show which shows the maker code and date:
L & SL 44
Detail of the steel bottle which also shows the same maker code and date L & SL 44
Below another late war example is shown
It has brown leather straps and a green enamelled bottle
Unfortunately no maker marks or dates can be found on this example
Notice that the felt cover of this example has only 3 push buttons in stead of the normal 4 buttons.
Below another late war (1945) variant
is shown
It has a different type of felt cover and a green enamelled bottle
There are no maker marks on the cover, but the bottle has a marking SMM45
Notice that the felt cover of this example also has only 3 push buttons in stead of the normal 4 buttons.
These buttons are unmarked.
The green enameled bottle with the 45 mark on it.
Detail of the SMM 45 marking.
Below another much sought late war variant is the so called "Schindlers canteen"
Although it is very unlikely these came
out of the Schindler factory the name has been
given by collectors because of the blue enamelled parts.
Unfortunately the example below has no
readable stamps, so no information can
be given by what maker this one has been made.
On the left the canteen with the cup removed
Detail shot of the enamelled cup
Here the enamelled flask itself is shown
As can be seen, the blue is a little bit darker.
Here a picture of the back of the Field Bottle
Also noticable is the pig skin leather which is used for the straps