Original U.S. Civil War Early “Hardpack” Knapsack with 51st Regimental Unit Marking Painted on Flap U.S. Grenades This is what gives the

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49th Motorstandarte (Regiment)

It features a fine Panzer BeVo style machine embroidered eagle and tri-color cockade on the same piece of attached fabric

The mouth of the shell casing has been turned out Blunderbuss style converting the item into a Vase for a man's Button Hole Bloom

There are small age spots

Original U.S. Civil War Early “Hardpack” Knapsack with 51st Regimental Unit Marking Painted on Flap U.S. Grenades This is what gives theOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an original U. S. Civil War wood framed "Hard Pack" Knapsack or Backpack. Dating between the 1860 1865 this Union issue Civil War pack is painted on the front flap with a 51 in white. There were multiple regiments with the number 51 in the American Civil War, including regiments from Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, so we cant say for certain which one this