Original French Franco-Prussian War Outstanding 3rd Battalion Chasseurs Imperial Guard Cantinière Vivandière’s Hand-Painted Wine Keg 21st Century letters or symbols on the

letters or symbols on the straps & boards

- Visible Vibrant temper line ("hamon") with crystallization visible (Nie and Nioi) along the transition

and small gouges that service weapons acquire when used

It then later had paint used by a collector to fill in the symbol again

with a 39" straight double-fullered blade

Original French Franco-Prussian War Outstanding 3rd Battalion Chasseurs Imperial Guard Cantinière Vivandière’s Hand-Painted Wine Keg 21st Century letters or symbols on 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