Original U.S. Civil War Federal 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Naval Gun Projectile Shell French Gun Magazines with more serious pitting throughout

with more serious pitting throughout

The Garrison cap is size US 7 1/4 also named to Fiorito and bears Quartermasters Corps - Buff Yellow piping

and has a lovely patina

but it is nonetheless a very impressive looking grenade

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Original U.S. Civil War Federal 9-inch Dahlgren Smoothbore Naval Gun Projectile Shell French Gun Magazines with more serious pitting throughoutOriginal Item: Only One Available. The IX inch Dahlgren shell gun: 1,185 guns were cast at Alger, Bellona, Fort Pitt, Seyfert, McManus & Co., Tredegar, and West Point foundries between 1855 and 1864. Fort Pitt Foundry also made 16 for the army in 1861. The IX inch Dahlgren was the most popular and versatile of Dahlgren shell guns made. The IX inch guns served as broadside armament on larger ships such as USS Susquehanna, which carried 12 IX inch