A one quart capacity black enamel steel canteen with a slight concave to its reverse and retains its black "Bakelite" screw cap, attached between its top and a flange brazed to the base of the neck by a metal chain. A brazing line may be seen running horizontally to the canteen. Bottom is well marked "U.S., U.S.S. Co. 1942". Included is an aluminum cup with spring steel handle that is marked "G.M.CO 1945". Its Khaki canvas cover has felt padding to its interior and two extended flaps to its open top, each of which have a lift-the -dot snap which mates with a corresponding stud to the upper body of the cover. The snaps and studs are of blackened brass. There are seven vertical reinforcing stitching lines to the front with "U.S." in black ink stamped beneath the stitching. The vertical webbed canvas loop sewn to the reverse has a top and bottom vertical reinforced strap, as well as a horizontal brass belt hook fed through it. Visible to the interior of one of the flaps is "H.S. Co. 1942." The M-1941 cover is faded.