Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 Lock Assembly the Roman Gladius

the Roman Gladius

This early Short Land pattern musket is in overall excellent condition

Forstschutz units were dispatched to the Reichs Commissariats of "Ostland" and the Ukraine

Dimensions:Blade length: 30 ½”Overall length: 37 ½”Scabbard length: 32”Handguard: 4 ½”x 5 ½”Weight: 2 lbs

The OD green fiber scabbard is marked U

Original U.S. WWI Motor Transport Corps Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen - Dated 1918 Lock Assembly the Roman GladiusOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a standard M1910 aluminum canteen made in 1918 by Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Co of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and stamped on the reverse: U. S. AGM Co. 1918 However, this is not just an ordinary canteen but a canvas for a very skilled (and bored) engraver (soldier) of the Motor Transport Corps, who engraved the insignia of the corps on the canteen: A Winged Helmet of Mercury superimposed over a wheel. They also