SA UNION P37 MILITARY WATER BOTTLE CANTEEN - RARE S.A.P.A.W make

SA UNION P37 MILITARY WATER BOTTLE CANTEEN - **RARE** S.A.P.A.W  make

The Union of South Africa received a great deal of webbing from both Great Britain and Canada during the Second World War. As the war progressed, the Union began its own domestic webbing production to bolster these stocks. The two main South African producers of webbing were D. I. FRAM & CO. LTD. (Daniel Isaac Fram & Company, Limited) and S.A.P.A.W. (South African Proofing and Weaving Company (Pty) Ltd). Both of these firms were located in Johannesburg, but they both employed radically different methods of construction for the various components of the Pattern 1937 web equipment set. South African manufactured webbing is distinctive in that the fabric has a particularly yellowish hue and is commonly laminated, incorporating a bonding agent which discolours over time. Hence much unissued material appears rust-stained. Additionally, the fittings on South African webbing are made of a flimsy alloy, occasionally painted gold, that corrodes readily. Given its limited production and cheap construction, South African webbing is the scarcest of Pattern 1937 variants on todays collectors market.

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