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CS 3.8" SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD
CS 3.8  SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT
CS 3.8" SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT. Excavated. Unfired. Probably the best known specimen with orig wooden sabot. Rare caliber due to the fact that they were being made for a captured US James 3.8" rifled cannon. Recovered from Provencal, Louisiana where a Confederate caisson was overturned in a creek during Bank's Red River Campaign. Orig wood fuse mostly intact. This is the Confederate attempt to copy the Union's Schenkl shell. CONDITION: Few small cracks to wood sabot and most of tin covering still riveted on the bottom. 4-55931 JM167 (2,500-4,500)