Thirsty anyone?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Just behind the German lines at Verdun there was a soda water bottling plant.... a Number of years ago in a deep bunker at Verdun I found 3 bottles... still almost full, sealed with metal caps..... I put silicon over the caps to protect them... If I knew i was going to be hit by a buss in the morning, I would drink them, just for fun.....

[graham]

Great find. German or captured French?

[Chris Boonzaier]

18 minutes ago, graham said:

Great find. German or captured French?

Hi,

German. The Generic term back then was "Selters"

[Bayern]

I have read about the theme. but never see even in photo a WW1 German Soda bottle . Seltzer . Great Chris !

[Chris Boonzaier]

The funny thing is, I still drink Selters today! ... there are nudreds of different bottled water companies in germany... Selters was a pionier and back then even though there were other companies, "Selters" became a generic term for sparkling water....  Here are a couple of examples of the official bottles... the oldest and newest.....

[Bayern]

Sadly the plastic replaced the clay .

[Utgardloki]

I wonder if there are still bubbles in it ?

Edited January 2, 2021 by Utgardloki