This is a German soldiers M15 army issue water bottle which still has some of its original black paintwork remains clear to see also has its maker plate on the side which is hard to make out any markings .The bottle has some small rust holes but nothing to bad and is rusty all over but is very solid and nice condition for a bottle it has been well cleaned perfect for display or any collection. The water bottle was recovered in an old German Trench line near the village of Mametz on the Somme battlefield of July 1916..The waterbottle comes with A5 laminated information card with pictures and map.
In June 1916, the British preliminary bombardment cut much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division. On the 1st July 1916 when the British 7th Division advanced behind a creeping barrage, much of the German front line was quickly overrun and many prisoners taken; delays further forward caused the infantry to lag behind the barrage and suffer far more casualties. Mametz was occupied during the morning by the British 20th Brigade but a German counterattack forced most of the British troops out, until a second attack during the afternoon, when the advance of the British 18th Division on the right flank, had cut the Germans in the village off from Montauban to the east. The German defence collapsed, and the 7th Division reached all its objectives on the right and in the centre and began to consolidate, ready to receive a German counterattack.
This is a German soldiers M15 army issue water bottle which still has some of its original black paintwork remains clear to see also has its maker plate on the side which is hard to make out any markings .The bottle has some small rust holes but nothing to bad and is rusty all over but is very solid and nice condition for a bottle it has been well cleaned perfect for display or any collection. The water bottle was recovered in an old German Trench line near the village of Mametz on the Somme battlefield of July 1916..The waterbottle comes with A5 laminated information card with pictures and map.
In June 1916, the British preliminary bombardment cut much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division. On the 1st July 1916 when the British 7th Division advanced behind a creeping barrage, much of the German front line was quickly overrun and many prisoners taken; delays further forward caused the infantry to lag behind the barrage and suffer far more casualties. Mametz was occupied during the morning by the British 20th Brigade but a German counterattack forced most of the British troops out, until a second attack during the afternoon, when the advance of the British 18th Division on the right flank, had cut the Germans in the village off from Montauban to the east. The German defence collapsed, and the 7th Division reached all its objectives on the right and in the centre and began to consolidate, ready to receive a German counterattack.
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