Historical information

In 1930, the Japanese army received a slew of new field and uniform items in an effort to keep the Imperial Japanese army a modern fighting force. Included in the equipment package was a new canteen known as Sho-5 and holds 1 litre of water. Since the canteen was such an integral part of a Japanese soldiers kit, it is common to find their name written or sewn into the harness, or scratched into the canteens body.
The item has no known history but there appears to be a name scratched on the canteen together with a Japanese maker’s stamp impressed on the base.

Physical description

Brown painted aluminium kidney shaped water canteen.