British Army complete water bottle enamel blue paintwork nice condition relic recovered from Bernafay wood on the July 1916 Somme battlefield.

This is a rare find from the battlefield a British enamel water bottle which still retains some of its original blue colour paintwork. The bottle it is in nice solid condition for a recovered relic. The bottle which is complete with its mouth peace and its cork stopper it does have some light damage and rust holes with surface rust from being buried but has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. This bottle is in nice condition for a battlefield recovered one which was recovered from Bernafay wood on the July 1916 Somme battlefield. The water bottle comes with A5 laminated information card.

Bernafay Wood, located near Montauban village, was captured by the 9th Scottish Division on 3-4 July 1916 during the opening days of the Somme offensive. A dressing station was established there soon after its capture in early July and was in operation until October. The wood was lost by the British in the German spring offensive of 1918, with the wood captured by the Germans in March–April 1918. However, it was retaken on the 27 August 1918 again by the same soldiers of the 9th Scottish Division.