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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th February 2025, 08:04 AM
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Posted By corrado26
I want to add two pictures of captain Blackbird...

I want to add two pictures of captain Blackbird which demonstrate how he probably used to wear his armament. The following text I found in my archives but unfortunately don't know its author!
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Forum: European Armoury 21st February 2025, 02:38 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 12,143
Posted By corrado26
this could be a infantry- or police sabre of the...

this could be a infantry- or police sabre of the Kingdom of Saxony, the "FA" under crown was the monogram of King Friedrich August II. (1797-1854 or Friedrich Augus III. (1904-1918)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th February 2025, 07:13 AM
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Views: 19,721
Posted By corrado26
I think this is a Choora; its decoration at the...

I think this is a Choora; its decoration at the grip are nearly the same as the ones in the fotos of two chooras in my collectiony
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th February 2025, 06:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 21,604
Posted By corrado26
It is very hard to say wether it is original old...

It is very hard to say wether it is original old or newly made as there are lots of handymen in Afghanistan producing many of this
type of gun
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th February 2025, 04:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 18,839
Posted By corrado26
I think you have a not very old Flissa from...

I think you have a not very old Flissa from Morocco
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th February 2025, 06:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 43,155
Posted By corrado26
I think the "cuchillo"in the foto is the basic...

I think the "cuchillo"in the foto is the basic type of your piece. You find it and others in a book that I bought some time ago when I still had a collection if more than 50 cuchillos of Albacete
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd January 2025, 07:28 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 44,846
Posted By corrado26
I think because of the remarkable style of the...

I think because of the remarkable style of the butt this gun was made by a handyman of the Sind people in today Pakistan. Guns of this type, with sharply curved flaring butts are typical of Sind, now...
Forum: European Armoury 21st January 2025, 12:01 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 67,254
Posted By corrado26
The only firearm I can remember and which has...

The only firearm I can remember and which has been very impressiv for me as a youngster was the "silverrifle" of Winnetou, the chief of Apaches, written by Karl May
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2025, 10:26 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,964
Posted By corrado26
This is certainly not a weapon but a piece of...

This is certainly not a weapon but a piece of wood with metal/bras applikations:cool:
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 14th November 2024, 06:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,869
Posted By corrado26
Oil bottle, that's entirely possible. But why...

Oil bottle, that's entirely possible. But why does someone carry an oil bottle with them?
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 12th November 2024, 11:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,869
Posted By corrado26
Unhappy Obviously nobody has an idea what this flask...

Obviously nobody has an idea what this flask could be made for
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 10th November 2024, 10:51 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 15,869
Posted By corrado26
Fish made of brass

I have this item with a total length of ca. 150 mm in my collection since a very long time but until today nobody could tell me what this might be or for which purpose it has been made. It looks as...
Forum: European Armoury 26th October 2024, 08:12 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 70,472
Posted By corrado26
Very sad news and a great loss to this forum and...

Very sad news and a great loss to this forum and to me. Very often I had a useful and helpful contact to Fernando, so I shall miss him deeply.
Forum: European Armoury 14th October 2024, 11:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 12,293
Posted By corrado26
For me it looks as if the material of the pommel...

For me it looks as if the material of the pommel and the rest of the hilt is of different colour and different surface, so the pommel could have been replaced later?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2024, 01:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 13,439
Posted By corrado26
I think that this item is from Saudi Arabia

I think that this item is from Saudi Arabia
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2024, 07:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 25,439
Posted By corrado26
Here are copies of Rüdiger Franz,...

Here are copies of Rüdiger Franz, Preußisch-deutsche Seitengewehre 1807-1945 with the Prussian "Hirschfaenger" produced in the years 1786/1796.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2024, 07:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,740
Posted By corrado26
I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol...

I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol from the middle of the 19. century, similar to the ones in the addition
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2024, 07:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 15,740
Posted By corrado26
I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol...

I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol from the middle of the 19. century
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 05:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,614
Posted By corrado26
sometimes a blind hen finds a corn too

sometimes a blind hen finds a corn too
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 03:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,614
Posted By corrado26
In my photo archive I found pictures of a...

In my photo archive I found pictures of a percussion carbine with a lock signature "2. Scinde Irregular horse", a unit of the EIC in India. I am by no means a specialist of British troop markings and...
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 09:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 39,614
Posted By corrado26
Could it be that the number at the socked is...

Could it be that the number at the socked is II/SI and not II/8I?
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2024, 07:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 20,923
Posted By corrado26
This is a replica too!

This is a replica too!
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2024, 05:18 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 20,923
Posted By corrado26
This is a Spanish made replica of the 1980s.

This is a Spanish made replica of the 1980s.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th August 2024, 08:46 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 22,280
Posted By corrado26
The items you show us have noothing to do with...

The items you show us have noothing to do with Africa, these are modern Russian pieces, mostly made in Usbekistand today.
Forum: European Armoury 8th August 2024, 07:28 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 15,442
Posted By corrado26
Based on the striking white-blue color scheme and...

Based on the striking white-blue color scheme and the design of the carriage, I think that this could be a cannon from the Bavarian mountain artillery around 1850. Around 1850 there has certainly not...
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