Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 4Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry Antique Guns is beautifully done with the

is beautifully done with the highest standards of metalworking

stamp on the opposite side of the lock

There are a few moth nips but nothing of great importance bearing in mind that this is already 140 years old

M16 helmets first were produced with leather banded liners and later were produced with M17 steel banded liners

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Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 4Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry Antique Guns is beautifully done with theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Well, it makes a good story but the collector from whom this came swore up and down that it was recovered from the Chesapeake Bay after almost 200 years of being encased in solid hard silt on the bottom of the bay. It is a typical cannon ball of the era, measuring 3. 2 across making the mass of the cast Iron ball a 4 pounder. It is heavy, 2 3 of the surface is hidden in a large size clump of solid silt, 8. 5" across,