Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1955.012.005ab |
Object Name |
Bottle, Water |
Title |
World War I German Water Bottle |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Place of Origin |
Germany? |
Description |
A German military-style water bottle from the First World War. It has a machine-stitched grey wool felt woolen casing / cover with a leather strip. The cover has four snap closures with quatrefoil designs impressed on them. The buckled leather strap closure goes around the neck of the bottle. This leather strapping has a slotted end that catches onto a knob present at the bottom of the bottle. It is cork-stoppered (the cork area is silvertone in finish, while the rest of the bottle is grey in colour). Unknown manufacturer. Ovoid shape bottle (German ones were oval). |
Provenance |
Most likely collected by Arthur Clifford Husband who served overseas in World War I. Arthur, while studying medicine in Toronto, enlisted in the First World War and went overseas, receiving a commission. Subsequently owned by his mother, Mary Husband (neé Fraser) who died not long after her son's death. Last owned by Alice Husband (neé Gilbert), the second wife of Charles Husband. |
Collection |
Military, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Wool/Leather |
Dimensions |
W-5.118 L-9.449 inches |
Found |
Grey County, Ontario |
People |
Husband, Charles Husband, Arthur |
Subjects |
Germany World War I (First World War/The Great War) |
Function |
These were referred to as water bottles (not canteens) in their time period. They were issued to provide a means for a soldier to carry a quantity of water with him. This one would have belonged to a German or Prussian soldier. |