British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Hand Select:No These 7lbs are excellent examples

These 7lbs are excellent examples of "Studded" Shells of the same type as the ones currently on display in the WEST POINT MUSEUM and are referred to and illustrated on pages 335/336 of the excellent work "Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War": by Warren Ripley

Attachment pins absent

All have seen considerable service

we luckily found just one original instruction manual

British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Hand Select:No These 7lbs are excellent examplesOriginal Item: Ever since the early years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First (died 1603) the British Navy issued Cutlasses to all Boarding Parties and Shore Parties for security reasons. Be it recovering drunken Naval ratings from the port whorehouses, to Press Ganging new recruits, and just in case there was an encounter with the French, the wearing of a Cutlass was the order of the day when not aboard ship. These are the old P 1903