WW II Canteen

[coloradoman]

My grandfather was stationed in Guam and he gave this to me before he died.
Can anyone translate the custom stitching on the strap?

 

[AKchukar]

Looks like "kunisada" in the Japanese katakana alphabet. Perhaps someone's name.

 

[coloradoman]

Probably the person that gave it to him
Thank you

 

[feddoc]

That is a huge chunk of history and a great family heirloom.

 

[coloradoman]

Ya I think it’s pretty cool
I would like to know the history of it

 

[JPblind]

Best place to find out would be a war museum curator. Great family heirloom regardless. Deployed to Anderson awhile ago dumpy base but I bet one could find some cool stuff still laying around the jungle from that time.

 

[AKchukar]

Did an internet search on "WW2 Japanese canteens with stitching". Found quite a bit of information on canteens including ones with names stitched on the strap. There is a war relics forum that also had some information on other stamps and markings on the canteens. Also, many of them for sale on various sites.

 

[feddoc]

A friend of mine sent this.

 

[eelgrass]

A pretty rare find. Most of them had bullet holes in them.

 

[Rie bread]

wow my grandfather was a medic on guam at the airbase there in ww2.
that looks like a japanese canteen

 

[Homer]

wow my grandfather was a medic on guam at the airbase there in ww2.
that looks like a japanese canteen

lol...you are kidding....we thought it was Mexican.....

 

[Rie bread]

my Spanish isn’t so good