Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball Receiver Top Cover Battle of Modder River

Battle of Modder River

It is made very much in the Ethan Allen style of Pocket Pistol

not the usual steel or other metal that we see

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains over 80% of its original paint

300 meters of land in World War I

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball Receiver Top Cover Battle of Modder RiverOriginal Item: One of a kind. This smoothbore projectile has a Bormann replacement fuze plug and an iron side loader plug. The Confederates discontinued the use of the Bormann fuze by 1863 and replaced it with an oversized copper fuze plug which screwed into the existing underplug threads. In an attempt to conserve lead, iron was used in the manufacture of the side loading plug. The Bormann replacement fuze plug is also found in a 6 pounder (3. 67