Original U.S. Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Era Wooden Stave Construction Contract Canteen by I. Gamber with Soldier’s Initials Accessories it was officially renamed the

it was officially renamed the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russo

which is not uncommon to see because these machetes

this is in the rare "Engineer's Carbine" configuration

Insignia includes a Marksmanship badge for the rifle and a “US” collar disc

The blade does show some use an cleaning

Original U.S. Revolutionary War & War of 1812 Era Wooden Stave Construction Contract Canteen by I. Gamber with Soldier’s Initials Accessories it was officially renamed theOriginal 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