Original 1905-WWI Period Japanese Canteen-WWII GI Bringback from the South Pacific! U.S. Ammo thus the launching of the

thus the launching of the “Ray Ban” line of sunglasses

but everywhere else looks almost unissued

This is painted onto a life preserver

This was a distinctly foreign system

The A pattern trigger assembly

Original 1905-WWI Period Japanese Canteen-WWII GI Bringback from the South Pacific! U.S. Ammo thus the launching of theOriginal 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