Original U.S. American Civil War Federal Spherical 42-Pounder Cannon Ball Martini-Henry Accessories brass three branch hand guard

brass three branch hand guard and wicked heavy curved blade measuring 36" coming complete with its heavy all steel scabbard The scabbard is in very fine un-dented condition but it has 175 years of dried grease and oil on it making it look filthy

It is marked BRESCIA over an 1885 date on the barrel

it is marked on the blade ricasso with serial number 210593

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The poster shows essentially the weak spots

Original U.S. American Civil War Federal Spherical 42-Pounder Cannon Ball Martini-Henry Accessories brass three branch hand guardOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Civil War Federal Spherical 42 Pounder iron cannonball, measuring approximately 6. 9" in diameter. This would indicate that it is a 42lb size. During the early part of the war, the Federal army lacked rifled siege artillery. To fill this gap, the army rifled existing smoothbore pieces with the system developed by Charles T. James. Firing shot and shells also designed by James, these newly rifled