Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 Original Machine Guns (steadfast in loyalty) in a

(steadfast in loyalty) in a shield below

Photo documentation also shows them used at the D-Day landing in Normandy by the Navy's 2nd Beach Battalion signalmen on Utah Beach

The rear of the helmet has the usual "aventail" chain mail rear neck defense

Coastal Defenses and various other positions

Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 Original Machine Guns (steadfast in loyalty) in aOriginal 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