RARE SHIP'S CARPENTER MALLET WARSHIP USS CONSTITUTION WAR OF 1812 OLD IRONSIDES

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A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF US HISTORY.- RARE SHIP'S CARPENTER MALLET FROM THE FAMED FRIGATE WARSHIP USS CONSTITUTION -WAR OF1812 OLD IRONSIDES  - RELIC MEASURES 17 1/8" LONG / BY 4 7/8" BY 3 3/8" ACROSS THE OVAL SHAPED HA HEAD BY  6 1/8" TALL - TWO BRASS BANDS AROUND THE HEAD - SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS -MARKED USS CONSTITUTION 1927-FROM TIME OF THE RESTORATION IN 1927 ON THE FAMOUS WARSHIP  - OLD IRONSIDES ORIGINAL ARTIFACTS FROM THE SHIP WERE SOLD AS SOUVENIRS DURING THIS TIME.- 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.
PERFECT FOR ANY DISPLAY OR COLLECTION. GREAT CONDITION. DO NOT MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS HISTORIC PIECE OF  THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION! A FANTASTIC, RARE, COLLECTIBLE.