Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen with Original Blue Paint & Intact Leather Straps French Holsters and metal wire and buttons

and metal wire and buttons

The machines were set to march to 6

so loss was somewhat common

During World War II the production of the M1 helmet began in June 1941 and ceased in September 1945

indicating manufacture at the government arsenal at Tulle in Southwest France

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen with Original Blue Paint & Intact Leather Straps French Holsters and metal wire and buttonsOriginal Item. Only One Available. While the Continental Forces certainly preferred lightweight tin water vessels like those carried by the British soldier, stocks of that metal dried up even before the Revolution was a year old as the British blockade of American seaports tightened. By the spring of 1776, with the summer campaign ahead, the availability of canteens of any kind was essentially gone and Congress turned to the production of wooden