Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Period Ornate Wooden Staved Tavern Tankard - Found in North-Eastern New York State Russian Navy The display gun marked BREN

The display gun marked BREN Mk II on the rear receiver over the cocking lever

Definitely an ingenious design that must have taken some work to do

What we have is a very nice engraved and etched sword blade bearing U

who used his experiences during the Battle of the Bulge (and captivity as a prisoner of war) in his novel Slaughterhouse-Five

The handle of the sabre was crafted so as to have a built-in pommel and possibly a small guard

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Period Ornate Wooden Staved Tavern Tankard - Found in North-Eastern New York State Russian Navy The display gun marked BRENOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a spectacular Revolutionary War Era wooden tankard which was handmade with staves and bound to hole them together. The tankard has been carved with a zig zag pattern and circles across the tankard and the lid, along with the initials of the person who carved it, I. D. S.. The tankard has a base diameter of 6 with a lid diameter of 5. It measures 7 tall at the top of the hinge. This tankard is Staved, meaning its