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Iron hand grenade with original wooden fuse-plug, professionally conserved.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Iron hand grenade with original wooden fuse-plug, professionally conserved.
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Iron hand grenade with original wooden fuse-plug, professionally conserved. 628 grams, 3" in diameter. Solid cannonball with hollow center for gunpowder, kept dry by means of a wooden plug (intact) into which a fuse was inserted to turn it into an exploding bomb that could be lobbed at the enemy by hand, this example well preserved but with hairline crack that appears to be stable. With Fisher certificate #11554N. Recovered from: 1715 Fleet, east coast of Florida