Canteen is aluminum, oval-shaped, maker marked and date stamped "CC/41" (1941) on the neck, screw thread on the neck, curved on the reverse to allow for wearing around the waist, aluminum cap, the canteen encased in a brown wool cover with four silvered magnetic metal snap closures on the left side, single brown smooth-finished leather straps on the front and back, the straps joined together by an aluminum post on the bottom, the front strap appears to be stamped "LANGE RINGSN" in block letters, an additional strap wrapped around the neck and secured in place by a buckle, a magnetic metal clip riveted in place on the reverse strap for belt attachment, the end of this same strap attached to an aluminum post rising from the centre of the aluminum cap, 135 mm x 210 mm x 65 mm inclusive of its wool cover and aluminum cap, evidence of mothing on the brown wool cover on both sides, light contact on the exposed aluminum parts, very light crazing on the leather straps, better than very fine.