Original British Napoleonic Naval Leather Water Bucket for Sponging Cannon Barrels After Firing - circa 1800 Antique Long Guns Overall a very interesting USGI

Overall a very interesting USGI item

this bell is cast in Brass marked U

fully working in as found uncleaned condition from over 50 years storage

Original Item: Only One Available: This is a genuine French WWI  Egg Hand Grenade

he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel

Original British Napoleonic Naval Leather Water Bucket for Sponging Cannon Barrels After Firing - circa 1800 Antique Long Guns Overall a very interesting USGIOriginal Items: One of a Kind. Here we have a most attractive Napoleonic Georgian era British naval leather water bucket for "sponging" out the bores of cannons after firing. This was necessary to make sure that any burning remnants embers were extinguished prior to reloading the cannon for the next round. It features lovely leather with copper rivet construction, measuring 11" inches tall and 9" across the brim. Beautifully painted with a G R on