Japanese WWII canteen Translation

[ViniVidiDejaVu]

A few years ago I acquired this WWII canteen from a seller who said that he had purchased it from the family of a retired soldier in Japan. It has 3 markings on it, but I have no idea what they mean. Is there a translation for these symbols? Thank you for your help.

 

[Toritoribe]

IMG_E2329 is a surname Shiina, probably the name of the owner.

IMG_E2331 shows it's made in 昭一八, i.e., 1943. The upper left one is the mark of the maker, and the upper right seems to show the type of the cap. The following site says that your one ロ "ro" in the circle means that the cap was made of wood. IMG_E2327 confirms it.

実物 日本陸軍新式水筒/口栓・水筒紐（昭五式） - ニュートンリング模型日和

2015年2月1日に投稿した記事を2017年2月21日修正■20175/19水筒本体の塗装色に関する考察を追加■20177/24口栓の写真追加■20201/2代用材料について注記追加◆はじめに九四式水筒という名称は間違いですので気をつけてください。そもそも、水筒本体、水筒紐(ハーネス)、水筒口栓(キャップ)はそれぞれ制定年が異なります。ゆえに、本体・ハーネス・キャップをセットで「〇〇式水筒」と表記することはできません。伊号水筒・呂号水筒・波号水筒、甲号・乙号などもまったくの間違いです。今回は本体の形状、刻印、塗装色、口栓、水筒紐の構造を簡潔にまとめました。水筒は定番アイテムでありながら考...

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(all in Japanese)

 

[ViniVidiDejaVu]

Thank you again, Toritoribe, for the soldier's name The site you linked translates automatically, and there is a lot of good info regarding this type of canteen there.

Mike