Original French Franco-Prussian War Outstanding 3rd Battalion Chasseurs Imperial Guard Cantinière Vivandière’s Hand-Painted Wine Keg 21st Century There are traces of the

There are traces of the stylized P in a circle under the wrist of the stock indicates that the rifle passed all of its overpressure proof testing

Where the pre-Stalingrad 44th Division boasted the Austrian Rot-Weiss-Rot ( Red – White – Red ) Babenberger shield

Letters of recruitment were posted to all US Army units in the Southwest and on the Pacific coast

letters or symbols on the straps & boards

Original French Franco-Prussian War Outstanding 3rd Battalion Chasseurs Imperial Guard Cantinière Vivandière’s Hand-Painted Wine Keg 21st Century There are traces of theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Vivandire or cantinire is a French name for women who are attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic functions of selling wine to the troops and working in canteens led to the adoption of the name 'cantinire' which came to supplant the original 'vivandire' starting in 1793. The use of both terms was common in French until the mid 19th century, and 'vivandire' remained the term of