RARE RELIC-ORIG USS CONSTITUTION-WOODEN COVER-ROSE HEAD NAILS- FROM THE SHIP

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RARE RELIC-ORIG USS CONSTITUTION-WOODEN COVER-ROSE HEAD NAILS- FROM THE SHIP :
$733.32

FANTASTIC ANTIQUE RELIC-ORIGINAL USS CONSTITUTION-WOODEN COVER WITH HAND MADE ROSE HEAD NAILS AND IRON LOCKING DEVICE FROM THE SHIP-TAKEN FROM THE SHIP DOING THE 1927 REBUILDING -EXCELLENT CONDITION - GREAT PATINA. - ACQUIRED FROM OLD NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION WITH OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN saleED-MEASURES 9 5/8\" BY 11\" BY 4\" INCLUDING THE IRON LOCKING DEVICE-VERY INTERESTING -LOCKS AROUND SOMETHING- UNKOWN USE -IF PART OF THE GUN HATCH VENTILATION HATCH OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT-VERY APPEALING WOOD HATCH AND LOCK TAKEN DURING THE 1927 RESTORATION WHEN MANY OLD SECTIONS AND PARTS WERE SOLD TO RAISE FUNDS-MANY CAN BE SEEN IN THE CONSTITUTION MUSEUM IN CHARLESTOWN MASS BY THE SHIP-THIS PIECE WITH OTHERS NOW saleED ITEMS WERE ACQUIRED FROM AN OLD TIMER COLLECTION IN MASS- 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 PIECES OF THIS HISTORIC SHIP- HARD TO FIND - GREAT COLLECTIBLE- FANTASTIC DISPLAY PIECE!