Original U.S. 1865 Patent Ebenezer Pierce Whaling Harpoon Explosive Dart Gun with Intact Original Shaft & Bomb Lance - Inert Napoleonic This cap is a wonderful

This cap is a wonderful lightly used example of a German WWII Wehrmacht Heer Army Infantry Officer's Schirmmütze (visor cap)

The bakelite butt stock is in very good condition

"Plüschweberei" translates to "Plush Weaving"

and they do not appear to have been shortened or cut down

Original U.S. 1865 Patent Ebenezer Pierce Whaling Harpoon Explosive Dart Gun with Intact Original Shaft & Bomb Lance - Inert Napoleonic This cap is a wonderfulOriginal Item. One of a Kind. A bomb lance is a projectile weapon used in whaling to injure and kill the object of the hunt. As the name implies, it explodes once it has embedded itself into a whale. The conditions of whale hunting in the arctic led to the invention of the bomb lance. There, the presence of ice floes provide cover for whales to dive under, making it nearly impossible to execute a hand lance kill before the whale can escape. With bomb