This is a treatise on United States Army and Militia Canteens 1775 to 1910. Over that period the Author covers the early tin and wood canteens. rubber 'bags' and leather canteens, specialist manufacturer canteens, filter and specialty canteens and more. Larger format. Handling wear to laminated illustrated boards. 300 pages, index, bibliography, 336 canteens described and illustrated plus other illustrations.