Original German WWII Late War Painted Enameled Steel M31 Canteen Rig with Steel Cup by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach (SMM) - dated 1944/45 Original Machine Gun Part Sets This is an excellent opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to own a great example of a rare helmet that we have not seen before

The scabbard is of similar gilded ormolu design

The horn is clearly of the period of the third quarter of the 1700s

Since then a nice brass fitting has been added to the back for easy hanging

showing some lovely grain

Original German WWII Late War Painted Enameled Steel M31 Canteen Rig with Steel Cup by Süddeutsche Metallwarenfabrik, Mussbach (SMM) - dated 1944/45 Original Machine Gun Part Sets This is an excellent opportunityOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice lightly used example of a German WWII Issue M31 canteen water bottle rig, maker marked SMM 44 on the steel cup and SMM 45 on the canteen. Referred to in German as the Feldflasche Modell 1931 (Field bottle model 1931), these are usually found made of aluminum. However towards the end of the war, Aluminum, which was never plentiful in Germany, was in short supply, so the cups and later bottles were