Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen with Original Blue Paint & Intact Leather Straps Lanchester SMG though the top tie string

though the top tie string is missing

The wappen is missing both of the original leather wedges which were used to attach the plate to the front of the helmet and has small metal rods holding it in place

It has the correct MODEL 1894 marking on the receiver tang

employing the Remington Arms Company rolling-block design

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen with Original Blue Paint & Intact Leather Straps Lanchester SMG though the top tie stringOriginal 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