Original U.S. American Civil War Federal Spherical 42-Pounder Cannon Ball Martini-Henry Accessories Qualite Superieure

Qualite Superieure

brass three branch hand guard and wicked heavy curved blade measuring 36" coming complete with its heavy all steel scabbard The scabbard is in very fine un-dented condition but it has 175 years of dried grease and oil on it making it look filthy

which which signifies it was made by the Beardmore Steel Company

from its inception

displaying a lovely mellow brass patina

Original U.S. American Civil War Federal Spherical 42-Pounder Cannon Ball Martini-Henry Accessories Qualite SuperieureOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Civil War Federal Spherical 42 Pounder iron cannonball, measuring approximately 6. 9" in diameter. This would indicate that it is a 42lb size. During the early part of the war, the Federal army lacked rifled siege artillery. To fill this gap, the army rifled existing smoothbore pieces with the system developed by Charles T. James. Firing shot and shells also designed by James, these newly rifled