A Second War German Army (Heer) Canteen With Large Clip Hold with Austrian style ribbon

with Austrian style ribbon

Mersereau with a strength of 32 officers and 809 other ranks

reverting back to Sergeant

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Pattern Maker

Naming is officially engraved in large italicized block capitals

A Second War German Army (Heer) Canteen With Large Clip Hold with Austrian style ribbonCanteen is aluminum, oval shaped, maker marked and date stamped "CC 41" (1941) on the neck, screw thread on the neck, curved on the reverse to allow for wearing around the waist, aluminum cap, the canteen encased in a brown wool cover with four silvered magnetic metal snap closures on the left side, single brown smooth finished leather straps on the front and back, the straps joined together by an aluminum post on the bottom, the front strap appears