FRANKFORD ARSENAL UNIQUE ARTILLERY GUN FUZE DISPLAY 1920

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FRANKFORD ARSENAL UNIQUE ARTILLERY GUN FUZE DISPLAY 1920:
$1999.97

PLEASE NOTE ; THE COLOR POSTER IS NOT PART OF THE FUZE DISPLAY.

THIS IS A TOTALLY INERT DISPLAY ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEAPON UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY. DISPLAY ONLY !

AS A 60+ YEAR COLLECTOR OF ORDNANCE ITEMS AND CONSULTANT I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF TRENCH ART COME MY WAY. OF THESE THOUSANDS I COLLECTED ONLY THE FINEST , RARE AND INTERESTING PIECES FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE RANGE FROM FANCY DECANTERS MADE FOR A GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL , TO ITEMS MADE BY A U.S.N. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER TO A UNIQUE BOMBLET MADE FROM JAPANESE FUZES BY THE FIRST ORDNANCE SQDN. TINIAN AND PRESENTED TO COL. TIBBITS UPON HIS RETURN FROM DROPPING THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.

MY PERSONAL COLLECTION CONTAINS ONLY 50 PIECES AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

UNIQUE IN THE WORLD;

SUPERIOR QUALITY ORIGINAL FRANKFORD ARSENAL DISPLAY BOARD .

THIS UNIQUE BOARD DISPLAYS ALL OF THE HEAVY ARTILLERY FUZES USED IN PROJECTILES IN WW1 ,

PRIOR TO AND WELL INTO THE 1930s. SOME WERE USED IN WW2 AS WELL.

ALL ITEMS ARE TOTALLY INERT AND PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE BOARD.

10 OF THE 13 ARE SECTIONED AS WELL.

ALL HAVE ORIGINAL IDENTIFICATION PLAQUES INTACT.

VERY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION WITH THICK RE-ENFORCED BOARD AND MOUNTING CHAIN.

EXCELLENT ,

COMPLETE ORIGINAL CONDITION.

THIS HAS BEEN IN MY OFFICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

ORIGINAL FRANKFORD ARSENAL DUST INCLUDED.

I NEVER DUST SECTIONED ITEMS AS SMALL ITEMS ARE EASILY LOST IN CLEANING EFFORTS.

THIS HAS THE SUPER RARE AND SECRET PAGODA TYPE ANTIAIRCRAFT SHELL FUZE MOUNTED FRONT , TOP AND CENTER .

PROFESSIONAL FRANKFORD ARSENAL SECTIONING DONE IN 1920. VERY HEAVY !!!

THIS WAS MADE TO LAST AND IT HAS. GOING ON 100 YEARS.

18X23 INCHES

PLEASE NOTE ; THE COLOR POSTER IS NOT PART OF THE FUZE DISPLAY.

VERY HEAVY.

WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES \"ON LINE MUSEUM\" AND DE-ACQUISITION SALE.

THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.

****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.

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