Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball with Worn Provenance Tag 19th Century it was almost certainly made

it was almost certainly made in the Belgian Gunmaking city of Liège

which is the later war "pigskin" type of leather

manufactured by Junghans

There is the expected discoloration of age

The webbing inside the liner has an even more interesting marking: HANOI OR BUST

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate States Bormann "Replacement" Fused Iron Side Loader 12lb Cannon Ball with Worn Provenance Tag 19th Century it was almost certainly madeOriginal Item: One of a kind. This smoothbore projectile has a Bormann replacement fuze plug, but is missing the iron side loader plug. The Confederates discontinued the use of the Bormann fuze by 1863 and replaced it with an oversized copper fuze plug which screwed into the existing underplug threads, although this example appears to be lead. In an attempt to conserve lead, iron was used in the manufacture of the side loading plug. The Bormann