Original U.S. Indian and Spanish American Wars M1878 Canteen with Leather Shoulder Strap Mortars is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive

is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade

1967 was then spent conducting Operation Pershing

Crete and the Balkans in 1941

their physical condition was often deplorable

the barrel retains full clear British Proof Marks

Original U.S. Indian and Spanish American Wars M1878 Canteen with Leather Shoulder Strap Mortars is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensiveOriginal Item: Only One Available. US M1878 Canteen with a tan canvas cover with a very clear U. S. stencil on the front, in very good condition. There is a marking on the neck of the canteen, which reads A. JEV, but we cannot see the entire marking due to the tightness of the cover. The canteen is complete with its original cork stopper secured to one of the triangular loops found on each side of the body by a chain. The cork itself is partly