Original British 1858 Armstrong Breech Loading Smooth Cannon Shell Hand Select:Yes The handle of the shovel

The handle of the shovel is comprised completely of wood

each comes in nearly un-issued or restored condition with new leather liner and each of course has massive comb on top and impressive front plate badge showing crossed fire axes

The wooden stocks also have suffered a lot of dents and cracks

The serial number no doubt refers to the individual soldier

What a find

Original British 1858 Armstrong Breech Loading Smooth Cannon Shell Hand Select:Yes The handle of the shovelOriginal Item: Nearly 150 years old these are Rare Projectiles for Armstrong Breech Loading Cannon. You probably know this already, but shell refers to a hollow iron or steel projectile, which could be filled with various materials. Common shells were filled with explosives and provided with a fuse to detonate them. Now, we call them explosive shell or, if the filling is a modern explosive instead of black powder, high explosive (HE) shell. The 1800s