Original French WWI Model 1877 Canteen Tagged 1924 Battlefield Pickup Relic from St. Mihiel - ID’d with Tag U.S. Machine Guns and dark hardwood grips

and dark hardwood grips

reading 昭 十 二 next to the arsenal stamp

but due to inadequate airstrip facilities on Leyte

All black Glengarry with ribbon tail and large brass cap badge of running tiger over "65" surrounded by "second Yorkshire North Riding" with large Crown above

with the leather almost entirely intact

Original French WWI Model 1877 Canteen Tagged 1924 Battlefield Pickup Relic from St. Mihiel - ID’d with Tag U.S. Machine Guns and dark hardwood gripsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Model 1877 French 2 liter canteen a battlefield pick up recovered from the Battlefields of St. Mihiel, France in 1924 by Major Donald Armstrong, a U. S. Military Attache based in Paris. The Canteen is thus marked on a 1920s period tag. WWI artifacts tagged in this manner have become very hard to find in recent years. Of note, this particular canteen was modified by the original soldier whom it was issued by having