Original U.S. WWII 1943 Experimental Ethocellulose Plastic Canteen by AICO German Field Equipment This wonderful totally genuine New

This wonderful totally genuine New York Officer Chasseur Pattern Kepi dates to approximately 20 years after the Civil War

first appearing most notably on the mass-produced examples of Robert Thelen's Albatros D

Fully maker marked and serial numbered to under side:

and on the 18th the 5th ID was thrown in against the southern flank of the Bulge

38th BG (B-25) Charters Towers

Original U.S. WWII 1943 Experimental Ethocellulose Plastic Canteen by AICO German Field Equipment This wonderful totally genuine NewOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent rare example of an experimental Ethocelulose Canteen which is dated 1943 and marked AICO by the manufacturer. In an effort to manufacture a non metallic a canteen during World War Two, the US government attempted to manufacture a plastic canteen using Dow Chemical's Ethocelulose Plastic. The canteen was manufactured by several government suppliers, of which AICO was one. Canteens started to be