Beautiful day to go to a yard sale

[Seabee]

Wife and I went lookiking at different yardsales.Her fo cups/saucers and I for Junk. She laughed at me and my treasure. It is copper canteen with a copper stopper. The chain seems to be hand made. diameter is 8 inches and the thickness is a bit over 3 inches. looks to be old with a lot of dings and dets. but I have no idea.
Anyone seen one like this? would appreciate any help

 

[Goldiver]

Very cool canteen! Looks pretty old too. Check out this link for reproduction canteens
http://www.fcsutler.com/fctin.asp


Steve

 

[ivan salis]

humm could be civil war era -- if its original and not a repro job.