Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball Fusee Spring & Cover designated Oflag XIII-B

designated Oflag XIII-B

This cap with red wool piping and black velvet hat band would have been worn by a RKKA Artillery & Tank Officer for service duty and for dress

but it appears to have been made that way

Newspaper reports state that Bainbridge himself always carried a revolver during this period so we speculate that this small Colt was most likely Mary Bainbridge's gun

Ammunition Type: Ball / shot & Powder

Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball Fusee Spring & Cover designated Oflag XIII-BOriginal Item: Only One Available. Originally, 32 pounders had been employed almost exclusively aboard large European warships or in coastal fortifications, as their size and weight made them difficult to move overland with the limited means of locomotion then available. At the beginning of the 19th Century, Britains Royal Navy featured 32 pounder long guns weighing 5,500 pounds apiece and measuring nine and a half feet in length, as the main armament