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CS 3.8" SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD
CS 3.8  SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT
CS 3.8" SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT. Excavated. Unfired. 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 CS 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. Believed to be manufactured at the Marshall Arsenal in Texas. CONDITION: Sabot mostly intact with some damage. Light pitting. 4-55932 JM168 (1,500-2,500)