Model of a 24-Pounder Howitzer on a Ship's Carriage

Model of a 24-pound howitzer on a wheeled carriage. The howitzer is 19.6 cm long and has a caliber of 33 mm. On the barrel, the inscriptions are engraved, along with crossed anchors and palm branches. The barrel has two ears. The very short wheeled carriage consists of two parallel cheeks with two steps, connected by a vertical axle box, a crossbeam, and the axle boxes; on the axle boxes lies the sole plate. The aiming block can be slid back and forth on the sole plate and fixed in different positions by means of pins in a rim on the inside of the cheeks. The axle boxes are attached to the cheeks with brackets that can be removed. The double wooden wheels are all of equal dimensions. Scale 1:6 (scale on model).