Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Lee-Enfield (SMLE) 45 "Long" Colt cartridge

45 "Long" Colt cartridge

apparently by sending it to his wife:

are written on the front

Florida on 1 June 1942 as one of the four original squadrons of the 100th Bombardment Group

with intact leather

Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Lee-Enfield (SMLE) 45 "Long" Colt cartridgeOriginal 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