Original 1905-WWI Period Japanese Canteen-WWII GI Bringback from the South Pacific! Russian Flare Guns and also became a popular

and also became a popular civilian firearm after World War II

This is a wonderful lot to pick up if you are looking to either start collecting helmets or are just wanting to add these really nice examples to your already existing ones

helmet not included

A simply incredible artifact

which is indicative of its age

Original 1905-WWI Period Japanese Canteen-WWII GI Bringback from the South Pacific! Russian Flare Guns and also became a popularOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of an Original WWI Era Japanese Issue Canteen. This is the Pattern 1905 Canteen, with the updated canvas suspension harness which dates from the WWI era. This was recently acquired by IMA from a lot of Japanese souvenirs which were sent home by an American GI as war trophies from the South Pacific. On 23rd June 1910, the commander of the 18th Division wrote to the Minister of the Army in some