Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield Observers there had a blow-by-blow

Observers there had a blow-by-blow description of our men venturing into enemy territory for the first time

The Training guide book is a lovely cloth cover example

58614  (TBV) 1941

the top cover still opens

this bell is cast in Brass marked U

Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield Observers there had a blow-by-blowOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Prior to 1810, a British artisan inventory had developed a system of machinery by which he could cut and form all of the component pieces of wood, as well as assemble them into finished canteens, thereby cutting the time and expense of hand coopering, as such had previously been made. The mass produced water bottles were made with oak faces or sides, with flat staves cut and inlet with grooves, allowing them to function