Original U.S. Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Era Wooden Stave Construction Contract Canteen by I. Gamber with Soldier’s Initials Spanish American War At the outset of the

At the outset of the Civil War in April 1861

and was produced at the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry itself

The nickel plating on the hilt has gone through some tough oxidation

Following victory and the movement of Polish borders these troops and other Polish soldiers thought loyal to their Soviet overlords were built up into a force which was to form part of the Warsaw Pact

12 81 mm mortars

Original U.S. Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Era Wooden Stave Construction Contract Canteen by I. Gamber with Soldier’s Initials Spanish American War At the outset of theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. 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 canteens