water bottle

Water bottle, used by the Ottoman Army during the First World War. Early Turkish-pattern issue aluminium water bottle based on a German pattern, the inner face having a slightly flattened convex shape. Made with a short neck and wide spout. The stopper is engraved with Ottoman script for 'Askari Shahaneh' meaning the 'Imperial Army'. This particular pattern of water bottle was used by pre-First World War German military (from 1893), as well as in many armies including the British and Colonial Australian forces, from 1900, and Russian Imperial Army, from 1907, and was adopted and manufactured in Turkey from 1909.