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Bullet from Battle of Inkerman

ED.CS.2013.13

Lead bullet in a glass topped tin, from the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimea, 1854. The included handwritten note reads as follows: "Pt. Abraham Goodwin, Aet 25, 63rd Reg [of Foot], wounded at Inkerman by this bullet which entered posteriorly .... the elbow, between the radius and ulna and .... at the middle of the wrist anteriorly. No bones fractured, easy recovery."

Nineteenth century, mid