Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories The best feature of this

The best feature of this helmet shell is definitely the original hand painted 35th Infantry Division - Santa Fe Division emblem on the side of the helmet

medical team that treated more casualties than any other group of American doctors and nurses during the conflict

but overall this piece is very clean

with lathe marks evident throughout

His parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia

Original British Napoleonic Royal Navy Wooden Lidded Keg with Carved “HARDTACK” Marking - Board of Ordnance Marked Category_Martini-Henry Accessories The best feature of thisOriginal 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