Photo by Jim Bender, 2008
| Designation: | 9cm Gun |
| Identification No: | GH No 1 |
| Designed by: | Bochumer Verein fur Bergbau und Gubstahlfabrikation |
| Built at: | Bochumer Verein fur Bergbau und Gubstahlfabrikation |
| Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| Year : | 1889 |
| Item Category: | Artillery, Towed, Field Gun |
| Memorial Information | |
| Owner: | US Government |
| Item: | 9cm breechloading rifle, steel, 96in length, 614 kilos |
| Year: | 1901 |
| Document instructions: | breech: "9 C.M. Bochumer Verein 1889"; left trunnion: 614 Ks"; right trunnion: "G. H. no 1" |
| Provider: | Secretary of War |
| Use: | Spanish American War Memorial |
| On loan to: | Loan to State of Iowa, issued to Commander Kinman Post GAR |
| Reference: | Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Fiscal year 1901, appx 2, pg 83 |
| Document: | field notes DLBarker |
| Comments: | Captured at the Battle of Santiago, Cuba, in 1898 Spanish American War |
| Current Status: | Static Display | |
| Current Custodian: | State of Iowa | |
| Access: | Free Outdoor | |
| Location: | Iowa State Capitol | |
| 1007 East Grand Ave | ||
| Des Moines, Iowa, USA | ||
| Lat/Long | 41.5910750-93.6044333 | Click here to see location in Google Maps |
Reference Documents / websites: |
In-House private documents: |
| field notes DLBarker |
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Last update to record: 2024-11-05