WWI US Accoutrement & Equipment Lot: Trench Periscope, Cartridge Belt, & Pre-War Canteen

WWI US Accoutrement &  Equipment Lot: Trench Periscope, Cartridge Belt, & Pre-War Canteen

Includes a soiled and worn but intact and very displayable M1910 dismounted pattern rifle cartridge belt, an (empty) box respiratior carrier, olive drab painted wood box periscope with folding attachment stake and metal belt clip, and a pre-war canteen.  The oblate spheroid pattern of 1887 canteen  was slightly thicker than the recovered / reused M1858 canteens used earlier, this pattern was manufactured from 1887 until 1900, and a great many issued out to newly-inducted troops in training camps during the early days of US involvement in WWI.  Example is dark with stains but remains in good overall condition, lacks strap.  Lot also includes a WWI souvenir 'trench art' napkin ring featuring the German "Gott Mit Uns" roundel. 

$100 - $150