Original U.S. Civil War Era American Flask & Cap Company Plain Japanned Copper Powder Flask with Original Carry Rope German Afrikakorp 2nd Armored Cavalry

2nd Armored Cavalry

as opposed to members of the Waffen SS

• 10 inch overall length

This marking translates to a March 1944 production date (2 months before D-Day) and the manufacturer JL&S

Original U.S. Civil War Era American Flask & Cap Company Plain Japanned Copper Powder Flask with Original Carry Rope German Afrikakorp 2nd Armored CavalryOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a stellar plain copper powder flask with an outstanding Japanned finish manufactured by the American Flask & Cap Company, which was a short lived manufacturing company that only produced flasks from 1857 until its dissolution in 1865. This example retains most of the japanning with an original period green woven carrying rope through all four suspension rings. The flask is marked on the cap AM. FLASK & CAP