BORMANN FUSE WRENCH WITH PARTIAL NEW JERSEY (?) MARKING

BORMANN FUSE WRENCH WITH PARTIAL NEW JERSEY (?) MARKING

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Item Code: 1202-450

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These fuse wrenches were used to screw in and tighten the Bormann fuse in an artillery shell or case-shot. As Civil War artillery and ordnance aficionados will know, the Bormann fuse used a powder train arranged in a circle with a thin metallic covering that could be pierced by a punch at any given point numbered to correspond with the burn time it would take for the flame to reach the bursting charge from the puncture once it had been ignited by the propellant charge. This is a good, solid example of the wrench used to secure the fuse in the artillery round and would have been familiar to any member of Civil War gun crew. This is in solid condition, with the wood showing just a narrow hairline on the top from the tang of metal shaft of the wrench and some shallow corrosion. There is a partially visible stamp on the metal shaft that one of our most eagle-eyed and perceptive staff members takes to be the upper portion of an “N.J.” stamp indicating state ownership by New Jersey at some point and likely applied at the state armory at Trenton. This is key Civil War artillery tool.  [sr][ph:L]

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