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Small presentation cannon-New York National Guard
« on: March 01, 2008, 03:06:01 PM »
Here's a two-foot long cannon (barrel is one foot long) that I think was made for presentation only.  The spokes are painted onto the solid wheels in a "folk art" fashion.  The presentor, H.L. Liebenau, was president of the "Vosburgh Veterans" of the 71st Regiment, NYNG, in the 1890's according to an 1894 New York Times article.  I have no idea who the presentee, one Benjamin Robson, was, but I'd like to know.