Ordnance
German Franco-Prussian War, Inert 80 mm Artillery Projectile
Ordnance
German Franco-Prussian War, Inert 80 mm Artillery Projectile
Item #60623 : Original period manufacture. Inert, actually fired, cast iron projectile measuring 80 mm across the base. Standing 5.75 inches in height, black painted finish, with twelve 17mm circular projections around the circumference. Apparently these projections fit into the rifling grooves of the cannon barrel. The letters RS are stamped into two of the discs. A dramatic relic of the 1870-71 War. Empty of explosives. Identical in design and caliber to one in our own collection which is decorated with a silver plaque stating it's recovery during the Siege of Paris.