Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks Brunswick Parts whom it was issued to

whom it was issued to

There is no major cracking or damage to the stock

Complete three tongue leather liner in bark brown aged color leather

A convex brass cap covers the eye on the top

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks Brunswick Parts whom it was issued toOriginal 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