RARE RELIC-FROM USS CONSTITUTION-SHIP CARPENTER\'S RIGHT ANGLE SQUARE-DATED 1927
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RARE RELIC-FROM USS CONSTITUTION-SHIP CARPENTER\'S RIGHT ANGLE SQUARE-DATED 1927 :
$340.85
RARE RELIC-FROM USS CONSTITUTION-SHIP CARPENTER\'S RIGHT ANGLE SQUARE-DATED 1927- TAKEN FROM THE SHIP DOING THE 1927 REBUILDING- SHIP NAME AND DATE 1927 MARKED ON TOP -IN EXCELLENT CONDITION-THE SHIP\'S CARPENTER 90 PERCENT RIGHT ANGLE MEASURES 9\" LONG ON THE WOOD SIDE AND 9\" ALONG THE IRON GUIDE SIDE - THREE COPPER RIVETS SECURE THE IRON STRAIGHT PIECE - THE RIVETS ARE DIAMOND SHAPED- OLD GEOMETRIC DESIGN IS ETCHED INTO THE WOOD ON BOTH SIDES -SEE PHOTOS-GREAT RELIC FROM THIS IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE CREW- ACQUIRED FROM OLD TIME COLLECTOR IN PENNSYLVANIA WHO HAD THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER RELICS FROM THE SHIP (saleED) - ORIGINALLY FROM THE SHIP AND ACQUIRED DOING THE 1927 RESTORATION WHEN OLD PARTS AND SAILS WERE REPLACED AND PIECES WERE ALSO SOLD TO RISE FUNDS- THE CONSTITUTION\'S KEEL WAS LAID IN 1794 AND THE USS CONSTITUTION WAS LAUNCHED FROM BOSTON IN 1797 AND GIVEN HER NAME BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON- A THREE MASTED HEAVY FRIGATE WITH USUALLY 44 GUNS. BUILT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO U S MERCHANT SHIPS DURING THE QUASI WAR WITH FRANCE AND TO DEFEAT THE BARBARY PIRATES. MOST FAMOUS FOR SHE ACTIONS IN THE WAR OF 1812- RAID AGAINST BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS AND LAND TARGETS AND DEFEATED 5 BRITISH WARSHIPS- AT SEPARATE TIMES IN THE WAR. NICKNAMED -OLD IRONSIDES- BECAUSE OF SHE THICK CONSTRUCTION AND SEEING ENEMY CANNONBALLS BOUNCE OFF SHE SIDES. SERVICED AS A FlagSHIP UNTIL RETIRED IN 1881- MUSEUM IN 1907- RESTORATION IN 1927-31. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHIPS IN U S NAVAL HISTORY- THE CONSTITUTION IS ANCHORED IN BOSTON AS A NATIONAL TREASURE.- VERY APPEALING DISPLAY PIECE - THE CONSTITUTION MUSEUM CURRENTLY HAS A LARGE DISPLAY OF RELICS TAKEN FROM THE SHIP DURING THE 1927 RESTORATION - A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A PIECE OF THIS HISTORIC SHIP- HARD TO FIND - GREAT COLLECTIBLE- FANTASTIC DISPLAY PIECE!
RARE RELIC-FROM USS CONSTITUTION-SHIP CARPENTER\'S RIGHT ANGLE SQUARE-DATED 1927 :
$340.85