Union Schenkl Artillery Shell Recovered from Cedar Creek / SOLD

Union Schenkl Artillery Shell Recovered from Cedar Creek - Inventory Number: ART 345 / SOLD

Union 10-pounder Schenkl shell. These projectiles were manufactured in the Federal arsenals, following the design of John P. Schenkl. The sabot system consisted of a "forcing cone" paper sleeve, which was intended to expand into the rifling, then flutter away after firing. 

Inventory Number: ART 345 / SOLD