Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Italian specialized workers excelled and

Italian specialized workers excelled and the initial slow production ratio meant that the Model 38 only became available in large numbers in 1943

but overall this piece is very clean

with an overall sword length of 40”

are used to emplace the weapon

possibly from exposure to gravel

Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories Italian specialized workers excelled andOriginal Item: Only One Available. Probably dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this Keg stands a good 12" tall with its knobbed lid cover in place. Reinforced with THREE iron bands it measures 10" across the bottom, on which is branded a "BROAD ARROW" over B. O., for the Board of Ordnance. The keg tapers toward the top with a rim which when uncovered is almost 8" across. Between the upper two bands the keg is carved HARDTACK, definitely