100% COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR BULLS EYE COM/GATED CANTEEN

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100% COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR BULLS EYE COM/GATED CANTEEN:
$280.00

NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO INDICATE ANY TYPE OF CLOTH COVERS WERE EVER USED AT THE ST. LOUIS DEPOT. THIS DEPOT ACQUIRED ITS SUPPLIES THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH EasterN MANUFACTURERS OR FROM REQUISITIONS FROM OTHER DEPOTS. THEY EXCLUSIVELY USED A CLOTH STRAP, PEWTER SPOUTS AND TIN SLINGS. GENERALLY IT DIFFERED LITTLE FROM THE PHILADELPHIA DEPOT PATTERN. THIS CANTEEN STILL HOLDS WATER NO DOUBT BECAUSE SOMEONE PRESERVED IT LONG AGO WITH A GOLDISH COLORED PAINT. WHERE THE PAINT HAS WORN IT SHOWS A NICE DARK PATINA WITH A LITTLE SURFACE RUST. IT RETAINS THE ORIGINAL STOPPER ALTHOUGH THE CORK MAY BE A REPLACEMENT. IT ALSO HAS A NUMBER \"8\" METAL TAG ATTACHED TO THE STOPPER CHAIN. I SUSPECT THIS IS A REGIMENTAL MARKING ADDED BY A SOLDIER. THIS CANTEEN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS I FOUND WHEN I STARTED COLLECTING IN 1963. I AM NOW 74 AND SELLING OFF THE LAST OF MY COLLECTION. I PURCHASED THIS ITEM IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.