CANNON BALL SOUVENIR PAPERWEIGHT - MADE WITH BULLETS FROM GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD, CIRCA 1928

CANNON BALL SOUVENIR PAPERWEIGHT - MADE WITH BULLETS FROM GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD, CIRCA 1928

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Item Code: 1300-05

Stack of ten round balls that were recovered from the Gettysburg Battlefield are mounted on a metal disk and painted black to look like cannon balls. Raised lettering reading, “GETTYSBURG” faintly visible on circumference of the base.  Paper label on underside reads, "GETTYSBURG PAPER WEIGHT / MADE WITH BULLETS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD".  We sold a similar piece in the recent past which had a handwritten inscription on the label with the date "JULY 5, 1928".

Measures 2" in diameter by 2" high. Areas of paint loss throughout. Label in good condition.  [ld][ph:L]

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