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alwion

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14th century french cannon ball
« on: May 24, 2022, 01:15:50 PM »
with forum being a little slow, saw this 4 3/4" French 14th century iron cannon ball, in the photo archives of of the metropolitan museum and thought I would share
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Dave the plumber

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Re: 14th century french cannon ball
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2022, 05:01:06 PM »
         super cool and interesting piece !!    I have a Rev war 'light ball' or 'fireball'  fired  from an 8 inch mortar recovered at Yorktown.   One of my rarest and most coveted pieces
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CarlS

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Re: 14th century french cannon ball
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2022, 09:21:16 PM »
I've never seen one of those before.  Very neat design.  I've seen Dave's fireball.  It is a cool piece.
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Carl
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