Original U.S. Indian Wars Early Type 2 1874 Canteen with Cover & Integrated Carrying Strap - Civil War Canteen Updated in Depot - Extremely Rare US Civil War Belgian Order of the Crown

Belgian Order of the Crown

Production only started in September 1873

Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood

and still has an original carry strap

Original U.S. Indian Wars Early Type 2 1874 Canteen with Cover & Integrated Carrying Strap - Civil War Canteen Updated in Depot - Extremely Rare US Civil War Belgian Order of the CrownOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a rare example of an early Indian War Period M 1874 Canteen with original cotton web sling. Very few of these canteens were initially made, and even fewer survived. This should not be confused with the far more common Model 1878 Canteens. Which saw service into the Spanish American War. These early Model 1874 Canteens started life as surplus Civil War Model 1858 "smooth side pattern canteens, which were then