Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball WWII and on the end ball

and on the end ball of the scabbard

indicating it was for use by a landing craft driver

The receiver is dated 1881 and marked I

Attached to the flag is are two tags that both read Z-10 HANS LODY MAY 1945

Original U.S. Civil War Spherical 32-pounder Case Shot Cannon Ball WWII and on the end ballOriginal Item: Only One Available. Originally, 32 pounders had been employed almost exclusively aboard large European warships or in coastal fortifications, as their size and weight made them difficult to move overland with the limited means of locomotion then available. At the beginning of the 19th Century, Britains Royal Navy featured 32 pounder long guns weighing 5,500 pounds apiece and measuring nine and a half feet in length, as the main armament