RARE SAIL FRAGMENT FROM WARSHIP USS CONSTITUTION - WAR OF 1812

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*ONE OF THE VERY LAST FEW IN OUR SMALL. PRIZED COLLECTION.* THE USS CONSTITUTION, ALSO KNOWN AS OLD IRONSIDES, IS A WOODEN-HULLED, THREE-MASTED HEAVY FRIGATE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY NAMED BY PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. SHE IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST COMMISSIONED NAVAL VESSEL STILL AFLOAT. SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1797, ONE OF SIX ORIGINAL FRIGATES AUTHORIZED FOR CONSTRUCTION BY THE NAVAL ACT OF 1794 AND THE THIRD CONSTRUCTED. JOSHUA HUMPHREYS DESIGNED THE FRIGATES TO BE THE YOUNG NAVY'S CAPITAL SHIPS, AND SO THE CONSTITUTION AND HER SISTERS WERE LARGER AND MORE HEAVILY ARMED AND BUILT THAN STANDARD FRIGATES OF THE PERIOD. SHE WAS BUILT AT EDMUND HARTT'S SHIPYARD IN THE NORTH END OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. HER FIRST DUTIES WERE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPPING DURING THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE AND TO DEFEAT THE BARBARY PIRATES OF THE FIRST BARBARY WAR. CONSTITUTION IS MOST NOTED FOR HER ACTIONS DURING THE WAR OF 1812 AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM WHEN SHE CAPTURED NUMEROUS MERCHANT SHIPS AND DEFEATED FIVE BRITISH WARSHIPS.
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF US HISTORY. THIS IS AN AMAZING FRAGMENT OF THE HAND LOOMED SAIL FROM THE USS CONSTITUTION.  THIS REMNANT OF THE PAST FEATURES "1927 USS CONSTITUTION"  STAMPED ON IT. TAKEN DURING THE MASSIVE RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE 1920S BEFORE SHE TOURED THE UNITED STATES. ORIGINAL ARTIFACTS FROM THE SHIP WERE SOLD AS SOUVENIRS DURING THIS TIME. WONDERFUL ARTIFACT FOR ANY DISPLAY OR COLLECTION. DO NOT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS HISTORIC PIECE OF THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION! A FANTASTIC, RARE COLLECTIBLE.
PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION DETAILS. MEASURES APPROX. 6 1/2" L X 5 1/2" W.