A grim reminder of war's toll, a set of six 4 in. long green glass bottles with waterproof seals and caps in which identifying details concerning the deceased soldier could be placed for recovery upon exhumation at a safer time. The bottles are contained within their regulation cardboard box labeled ‘BOTTLE - IDENTIFICATION, BURIAL’ with instructions that the bottle be placed under the deceased's left armpit, and that if a marker could not be erected, a second bottle with the same information should be placed in the center of the grave, at its head, until a marker could be raised. Fine condition.