Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks German Antique Guns it is solid

it is solid

The Katakana characters inside the circle are MA TSU DA

or military weapons

In other countries the Adrian-type helmets were also in use with the fire-fighting units

The face is maker marked below center:

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Cheesebox Canteen Marked New York in Tacks German Antique Guns it is solidOriginal Item. Only One Available. 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