Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Enormous Spherical 10 Inch Mortar Shell with Inscription & Tong Ears Antique Smith & Wessons but more from storage than

but more from storage than use

The awards earned by this soldier in date received are the Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (Eastern Front Medal)

Rank and organization: Colonel

the ancient Roman god of war

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Enormous Spherical 10 Inch Mortar Shell with Inscription & Tong Ears Antique Smith & Wessons but more from storage thanOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely & absolutely enormous Civil War Confederate Spherical 10" iron mortar round, measuring approximately 9. 8" in diameter. A typical mortar shell with 'tong ears' was thinner and lighter than a shell of the same caliber for a gun. The fuze hole is much larger to take the long burning wood mortar fuze. Tong ears (holes); were used for lifting the ball and placing it in the tube so that the fuse would be