Book: CARVINGS from the VELDT: Part Two Category_Snider Rifle Accessories 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

His role was as a scout to cross the lines to map the French positions and his "Wellington" signed orders still exist in the IMA private collection together with his ivory-hilted sword

This is an original French Grenadier officer's shako from the Louis-Philippe reign of 1830-1848

Very nice overall condition

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Book: CARVINGS from the VELDT: Part Two Category_Snider Rifle Accessories These 7lbs are excellent examplesNewly Printed Item: By Dave C George, printed in Australia now available for the first time in the USA. Hard Cover, approximately 350 pages, in FULL color. In 2004 Dave C. George ? broke new ground? by publishing his 140 page book titled ? Carvings from the Veldt?. This was the first book ever on this previously undocumented subject, dedicated to the fascinating custom of carvings and ? stock art? as found on Boer rifles. This practice was unique to