Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 5Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry Military Maps The grip of brass wire

The grip of brass wire bound leather surrounded by a full hand guard of brass ribbon bars with symbolic subtle Revolutionary Cap motif

Grips are checked leather and features steel mounts on both the bayonet and scabbard

as well as Au Lion on the blade

From an old collection just disbursed in Europe this is a real peach of a find and not some cheap bazaar trash

Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 5Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry Military Maps The grip of brass wireOriginal Item: Only One Available. Well, it makes a good story but the collector from whom this came swore up and down that it was recovered from the Chesapeake Bay after almost 200 years of being encased in solid hard silt on the bottom of the bay. It is a typical cannon ball of the era, measuring 3. 5 across making the m ass of the cast Iron ball a 5 pounder. It is heavy, 2 3 of the surface is hidden in a large size clump of solid silt, 8. 5"