Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories are used to emplace the

are used to emplace the weapon

embroidered "Mother" engineers napkin

Italian specialized workers excelled and the initial slow production ratio meant that the Model 38 only became available in large numbers in 1943

possibly from exposure to gravel

with lathe marks evident throughout

Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories are used to emplace theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Probably dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, this Keg stands a good 12" tall with its knobbed lid cover in place. Reinforced with THREE iron bands it measures 10" across the bottom, on which is branded a "BROAD ARROW" over B. O., for the Board of Ordnance. The keg tapers toward the top with a rim which when uncovered is almost 8" across. Between the upper two bands the keg is carved HARDTACK, definitely