Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Cannons the First American Army Air

the First American Army Air Service was established

The blade does have heavy staining and pitting

The council stipulated that the design had to be "simple and striking

they are also given in the same manner

Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Cannons the First American Army AirOriginal Item. One of a Kind. 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 canteens