Original U.S. WWII 1943 Experimental Ethocellulose Plastic Canteen by AICO Category_Snider Rifle Parts Full military marking with broad

Full military marking with broad arrow and possible post war dates

having never been conditioned or put into use

an expensive feature quickly obsoleted

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Original U.S. WWII 1943 Experimental Ethocellulose Plastic Canteen by AICO Category_Snider Rifle Parts Full military marking with broadOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent rare example of an experimental Ethocelulose Canteen which is dated 1943 and marked AICO by the manufacturer. In an effort to manufacture a non metallic a canteen during World War Two, the US government attempted to manufacture a plastic canteen using Dow Chemical's Ethocelulose Plastic. The canteen was manufactured by several government suppliers, of which AICO was one. Canteens started to be