Item Number: A01496
Item Title: Nice 3 Inch Schenkl Percussion
Price: $390
Shipping: Not included
Provenance: US
Type: Schenkl Percussion
Size: 3 Inch Caliber
Sabot: Paper Maché
Fuse: Schenkl Percussion
Book:
Dickey and George (1993 Edition) Page 300
Melton and Pawl (Paperback Editon) Page 76 A-12
Location Recovered: Virginia
Description:This is a very nice Schenkl percussion shell found in Virginia. It was purchased from a Tom Dickey catalog in 1984. The iron is very good on this projectile. The fuse is very good as well with clear markings of:
J.P.SCHENKL
PAT OCT 16, 1861
Really a nice shell and a little TLC would make it super nice.
Shell is inert, cleaned and coated.
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