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

designated Oflag XIII-B

the division began combat operations within two weeks

though the latter has unfortunately broken away from one and

Items B2 & B3 as shown in diagram

but it appears to have been made that way

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