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Cartridge, bullet cartridge, spent, brass, engraved on base RNL 14 IV

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Cartridge, bullet cartridge, spent, brass. Cylindrical bullet cartridge with flat base and opened at top where ridges occur. The base is flat and contains a separate circular copper centre with an indentation off centre. Engraved around the brass edge of the base on one side is the following “RNL 14” and directly opposite this on the other side “IV”.

Bullet cartridge retrieved after gunfire volley over grave of Patrick Keane, Old IRA, at this funeral in January 1952.

Category: Ammunition

2008.0004 (5621)