CS 3.8” SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT.

CS 3.8” SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT. Excavated. Unfired. Probably the best known specimen with orig wooden sabot. Rare caliber due to the fact that they were being made for a captured US James 3.8” rifled cannon. Recovered from Provencal, Louisiana where a Confederate caisson was overturned in a creek during Bank’s Red River Campaign. Orig wood fuse mostly intact. This is the Confederate attempt to copy the Union’s Schenkl shell. CONDITION: Few small cracks to wood sabot and most of tin covering still riveted on the bottom. 4-55931 JM167 (2,500-4,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2297	$4,600.00	CS 3.8” SCHENKL SHELL W/ORIGINAL WOODEN SABOT. Excavated. Unfired. Probably the best known specimen with orig wooden sabot. Rare caliber due to the fact that they were being made for a captured US James 3.8” rifled cannon. Recovered from Provencal, Louisiana where a Confederate caisson was overturned in a creek during Bank’s Red River Campaign. Orig wood fuse mostly intact. This is the Confederate attempt to copy the Union’s Schenkl shell. CONDITION: Few small cracks to wood sabot and most of tin covering still riveted on the bottom. 4-55931 JM167 (2,500-4,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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