Original U.S. Civil War USS Cumberland Wood Ship Straight Edge Used By Caricaturist James Albert Wales - Sunk by Confederate Ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack) MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly with a slight visual resemblance

with a slight visual resemblance to what was used for the later M24 Chaffee light tank

There is also the marking 182

or at great personal risk

was order in 1915 but does not appear to have been completed until after WW I

Complete with steel net side shields the lenses are slightly tinted and have typical wire wrap around ear pieces

Original U.S. Civil War USS Cumberland Wood Ship Straight Edge Used By Caricaturist James Albert Wales - Sunk by Confederate Ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimack) MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly with a slight visual resemblanceOriginal Item: Only One Available. Now to say this item is incredible would be an understatement. The wood ship fragment was turned into what appears to be a straight edge as used by sketch artists and engineers alike. There is what appears to be graphite still retained on the downward turned edge, further confirming that this was used for sketching. James Albert Wales was a caricaturist. After leaving school, he apprenticed himself to a wood engraver