Original U.S. Federal / War of 1812 Era Iron Band Wooden Drum Contract Canteen with Original Red Milkpaint and Period Leather Carry Sling by D. Cossar - Excellent 81mm Mortar Parris-Dunn could no longer get

Parris-Dunn could no longer get walnut wood for the stocks as all of it was going to arsenals that were making functional military rifles

and as such veteran's associations had also been allowed to re-form

the original Battle Jerkin was soon found to be too cumbersome and lacking the flexibility of 1937 Pattern webbing to add and remove items as demanded by operational realities

The date 1942 indicates the first year of production for the MG 42

The blade has a heavy amount of past oxidation and pitting

Original U.S. Federal / War of 1812 Era Iron Band Wooden Drum Contract Canteen with Original Red Milkpaint and Period Leather Carry Sling by D. Cossar - Excellent 81mm Mortar Parris-Dunn could no longer getOriginal 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