Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Richmond Depot Tin Drum Canteen with Packet of Research Field Gear The top of the pack

The top of the pack still retains the Red Cross marking and its manufacture information

The British light cruiser Arethusa and destroyers Laurel

This example is offered in excellent condition in brown body color

with a rare Unmodified 1st Pattern Maxim Patent scabbard

unobtrusive stains or smudges and tears

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Richmond Depot Tin Drum Canteen with Packet of Research Field Gear The top of the packOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Variations of tin drum canteens were manufactured before, during and after the War, so most tin drum canteens cannot, even if they are from the mid nineteenth century, be identified specifically as Confederate. Sometimes a Confederate identified sling or a name scratched into a canteen's face can positively identify it as Confederate, but most have to be considered militia, be it Southern or Northern. There are two