Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Lee-Enfield (SMLE) with intact leather

with intact leather

apparently by sending it to his wife:

tight cylinder lock

and is maker marked and dated on the blade: PIONEER / CALCUTTA 1943

it's one of the best example of an Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer that we have ever seen

Original U.S. War of 1812 Era Wooden & Iron Band Drum Canteen with Initials & Markings Lee-Enfield (SMLE) with intact leatherOriginal 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