Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 U.S. Artwork & Posters It is also stamped 478

It is also stamped 478 on the rear skirt

CENTRAL CHINA & FRENCH INDOCHINA

but does show plating loss and some rust

This is a very nice example of a genuine USGI Great War helmet from a legendary regiment of the US army

Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 U.S. Artwork & Posters It is also stamped 478Original Item: One of a kind. This is a standard M1910 aluminum canteen made in 1918 by Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and stamped on the reverse: U. S. AGM Co. 1918 However, this is not just an ordinary canteen but a canvas for a very skilled (and bored) engraver (soldier) of the Motor Transport Corps, who engraved the insignia of the corps on the canteen: A Winged Helmet of Mercury superimposed over a wheel. They also