1908 pattern water bottle carrier. 1940 dated.

[Roger M]

I picked up this bottle and carrier the other day. I nearly walked past it because of the condition of the bottle and the fact the moths had been so busy. The wool cover was completely missing but then I noticed the wide straps so thought it was worth a punt.

So I found it to be 1908 pattern with the 1921 adjustment to the securing strap and made in 1940. I know Warspite has one on his Blog.

I thought I would post the pictures for interest.

Any thoughts on the rubber bung ? I have seen pictures of Green ones before but not an orange one. It also does not have an eyelet fitted for securing to the bottle.

[karkee]

So cool!

[karkee]

I'm not sure the stopper is original to the bottle. I wonder if the bottle was actually made by JURY (so few Mk VII water bottle makers are known)...

[Wagriff]

I'm with Karkee on this one-I would question if the stopper is original to it, but it seems to fit very well and so may even be a field replacement. A nice piece with a ton of character to it! Good find!

[Roger M]

Karkee,
I believe Jury to be the maker as Jury was a maker of Enamelware. I cant seem to find much information about them though, just lots of Enamelware products.

[Danmark]

$1.50 each online ...... so who can tell?

[CampX]

I have some original un-used WW2 Stoppers with the cord kicking around somewhere.

Dean O
Canada