Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen with Original Blue Paint & Intact Leather Straps French Holsters so loss was somewhat common

so loss was somewhat common

and the longer side missing most of it's length

and metal wire and buttons

The machines were set to march to 6

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 so loss was somewhat commonOriginal 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