Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Cannons The P-1885 Long Lever Martini

The P-1885 Long Lever Martini Infantry Rifle was initially issued with an 18" bladed Sword Bayonet with a fullered blade and leaf spring on the locking mechanism

they are also given in the same manner

The event was capped off by a battle reenactment with the veterans versus the National Guard

the First American Army Air Service was established

Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Cannons The P-1885 Long Lever MartiniOriginal 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