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Military Flask from Kayseri
DEFINITION
It is a water transport container that was used for the soldiers to meet their water needs during war periods.
SIZE
192mm 282.89gr
PERIOD
The Balkan War I
DESCRIPTION
It is in a good condition. Some wrecks have been formed on it. The product does not have a lid stopper. It is written in Ottoman Turkish (آلای 21 ط2 بورک 2، قیصری لی حسن، 1331) Regiment 21, Battalion 2, Company 2 and Hasan From Kayseri and 1331/1913 on it.
STORY
Soldiers used to carry as much water as their canteens took with them to meet their water needs during wartime. According to the brief and concise information written on this product, which is one of the important artifacts in our museum, an infantryman named Hasan Bey with the nickname Kayserili also participated from Tırnovacık, which was located on the borders of today’s Bulgaria and was Ottoman territory at that time, to the 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 21st Regiment attached to the 3rd Corps, founded in Kirikkale in 1911.