Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Era Cheesebox Canteen with Original Green Paint & Stuck Cork MP 34 showing it was really out

showing it was really out there

just a bit of verdigris around the buckle

and an original size 58 liner

This is an example of the second pattern

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Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Era Cheesebox Canteen with Original Green Paint & Stuck Cork MP 34 showing it was really outOriginal 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