Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks German Antique Guns Fighting in Bastogne and more

Fighting in Bastogne and more

Her surviving superstructure was scrapped in 1942

The face is maker marked below center:

In other countries the Adrian-type helmets were also in use with the fire-fighting units

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks German Antique Guns Fighting in Bastogne and moreOriginal 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