Original Late 18th - Early 19th Century Iron Boat Cannon on Naval Mount with 1 Inch Bore c. 1800 Flintlocks After liberating Luxembourg

After liberating Luxembourg

Base of the bayonet is marked with serial number 63659

- 170 original photos from training to ETO service to Italian post war tourism (many marked on the back)

The division was ordered to halt its attack and to hold defensive positions south of Bitche as part of the Seventh Army during the Battle of the Bulge

Original Late 18th - Early 19th Century Iron Boat Cannon on Naval Mount with 1 Inch Bore c. 1800 Flintlocks After liberating LuxembourgOriginal Item: Only One Available. Probably later used as a signal cannon, this started life around 1800 as a BOAT CANNON. Mounted in the bow of a rowing boat it fired straight ahead a solid iron ball of ONE INCH across. Of heavy construction this was a serious weapon that could be taken ashore, its wood Naval carriage mounted on four iron truck wheels allowed it to be dragged overland perhaps to blast the wood gates of some New England Fort. The