Original U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Meat Can - First Ever Issued U.S. Military Mess Kit Martini-Henry Rifles Each shows use and storage

Each shows use and storage wear

Stonebridge in 1906 and quickly became one of the most popular camping equipment items of the day

with a "v-shaped" cup on the end

and 336 may indicate which factory produced this S-mine

particularly near the very tip

Original U.S. Indian Wars Model 1872 Meat Can - First Ever Issued U.S. Military Mess Kit Martini-Henry Rifles Each shows use and storageOriginal Items: Only One Available. Incredibly rare Model 1872 Tin Meat Can. These were originally manufactured for a little less than two years, before being replaced by the much more improved Model 1874 Meat Can (Which was the predecessor to the famous Model 1910 Mess Kit, which a derivative thereof is still issued and used to this day!). In 1872 a board of officers recommended the adoption of a container to hold the issue meat ration for the