Original U.S. Civil War Era Artillery Portfire Cannon Igniter Holder - Very Rare Original Display Machine Guns protecting military installations and the

protecting military installations and the provision of assistance to the German Army in courts-martial investigations

Civil Service employees needed a written release "without prejudice" from their agency and when a reluctant employer released the employee "with prejudice

was a clothing merchant whose business began selling “gold and silver trimmings” and eventually was listed under “Regalia” in the directors in the 1880s and 1890s

This example has no maker mark but is stamped with a name

Likely produced by Resistance groups and made using scarce brass

Original U.S. Civil War Era Artillery Portfire Cannon Igniter Holder - Very Rare Original Display Machine Guns protecting military installations and theOriginal Item. Only One Available. This interesting device was used to hold a slow burning match to ignite the charge in muzzle loading cannon prior to the adoption of friction primers. It is 24 overall and consists of a wooden handle connected at the end with a metal post and a tension nut. The match would be inserted and tensioned into place. On one side is a small metal hook for the belt. These were used from the 1600s up until the Civil War era,