Item Number: U00789
Item Title: Double R stamped, 1864 dated US Navy watercap fuse
Price: $185
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Provenance: US
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Location Recovered: Mare Island, CA
Description:"R" stamped watercaps are uncommon, but double "R" stamped ones are especially tight.
The "R" is believed to be for "reloaded." After a cruise, the paper time fuses in these were replaced lest the moisture of sea faring had gotten to them. So this one would've been reloaded twice before it was tossed aside.
The threads are in nice shape.