Today for Gus’ Gear, I have an M1907 German aluminum water bottle. These were fairly common at the beginning of the war as most soldiers were equipped with the newest equipment. With the need to call up more troops, the M1893 aluminum water bottles were issued and by 1915 the newly made water bottles were made from steel rather than aluminum. Even the more complex M1907 water bottle was produced in steel,by October of 1914, although those are not often encountered. The only place I have seen an example of the steel version is in Johan Somers’ book “A Photographic Journey of Uniforms and Equipment through the 20th Century, volume 3, Imperial Germany 1914-1918 Equipment of the Foot Soldier.” Both versions of the M1907 bottle have a screw cap, but are basically the same as the M1893 aluminum and M1915 steel water bottles.
The M1907 water bottle uses the same leather harness and clip as well as the same wool cover as the other bottles.
This photo shows the threaded cap and neck of the M1907 bottle. The maker’s name is stamped on the neck and cap, and the cap is riveted to a leather strap to keep it from being lost, much like the cork of the M1893 and M1915 bottles. They all attach to the D ring of the bread bag in the same manner.