Very rare German Afrika Korps soldiers battle damaged wooden covered waterbottle still original colours that was recovered from the El Alamein battlefield of late 1942 during the North African desert campaign of 1940-1943.

This is a very rare German Afrika Korps soldiers item which is a wooden covered waterbottle which was standard issue for North Africa.The waterbottle is dated but only the 4 can be seen on the side it is missing its screw top . The aluminium made bottle has no holes that can be seen but does have a very large dent in the bottom of it looks like a impact hit and also has a few dents and knocks from being buried it is still very solid it is in solid it is in very nice condition well cleaned and retains a lot of original colours. The bottle is pretty much as found condition and is in perfect condition for display or any collection. The bottle was recovered from the El Alamein battlefield of late 1942 during the North African desert campaign of 1940-1943.The relic was found and recovered in around 2007-2012 by the Egyptian-Sahara.com expeditions and tours company who specialized in the El Alamein battlefield.The relic comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures including of the original flyer for the Egyptian-Sahara.com expeditions and tours company with pictures of some of the items they recovered in the early 2000's this relic was purchased directly from them when they were operating in around 2007-2012.

The battle was fought near the western frontier of Egypt between 23 October and 4 November 1942, El Alamein was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign in the Second World War. The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.