Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield 58614 (TBV) 1941

58614  (TBV) 1941

The head for the club is shaped like a tejolote (ancient hand-held grinding tool) with an upper 44 mm diameter and a lower 38 mm diameter

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

the top cover still opens

Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield 58614 (TBV) 1941Original 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