Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Enormous Spherical 10 Inch Mortar Shell with Inscription & Tong Ears Antique Guns It features a heavy cast

It features a heavy cast steel hilt with split muzzle ring and does not have a reinforced surround to the locking stud

just a bit of wood filler on the right side next to the nose cap on the woodline

with some oxidation on the central emblem

and the superior ballistic properties

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Enormous Spherical 10 Inch Mortar Shell with Inscription & Tong Ears Antique Guns It features a heavy castOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely & absolutely enormous Civil War Confederate Spherical 10" iron mortar round, measuring approximately 9. 8" in diameter. A typical mortar shell with 'tong ears' was thinner and lighter than a shell of the same caliber for a gun. The fuze hole is much larger to take the long burning wood mortar fuze. Tong ears (holes); were used for lifting the ball and placing it in the tube so that the fuse would be