Bagged shell casings from General Colin L. Powell's burial service

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Bagged ammunition shell casings from the 21-gun salute at the funeral service of General Colin L. Powell, November 5, 2021. Stored in a black nylon bag (a) labeled in silver cursive text, “The Old Guard”, printed at the center of one side of the bag, are the twenty-one (21) shell casings (b-v) from bullets fired at General Powell’s military funeral service.

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