Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 4Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry German Afrikakorp by Angolia and Schlicht

by Angolia and Schlicht

Leather sweat band is maker QUALITATS MARKE

This stereoscope was used to view aerial photography in 3D

The First Expeditionary Division

Original American Revolutionary War Encrusted 4Lb Cannon Ball Recovered from Chesapeake Bay Near Fort McHenry German Afrikakorp by Angolia and SchlichtOriginal 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. 2 across making the mass of the cast Iron ball a 4 pounder. It is heavy, 2 3 of the surface is hidden in a large size clump of solid silt, 8. 5" across,