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Pikeman

Musketeer

 

Shell Guardthis decorated shell guard would have been mounted on an English hanger, a short sword used by infantrymen to supplement their muskets for close fighting. 

It was recovered from Causey's Care, a mid-17th- century site in Charles City County.

 

 

   

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