Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield The Training guide book is

The Training guide book is a lovely cloth cover example

making this a variation we have not encountered before

Complete with the rare socket bayonet and even rarer cleaning rod

58614  (TBV) 1941

while the belts are undated or show post war dates

Original British Napoleonic Era Wooden Canteen Marked to 7th Regiment of Foot - Circa 1810 P-1853 Enfield The Training guide book isOriginal 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