Forum: European Armoury
13th January 2022, 04:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th January 2022, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 27
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Forum: European Armoury
9th January 2022, 08:55 AM
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Many thanks Jim for your answer and interesting...
Many thanks Jim for your answer and interesting contribution. I checked the type of my sword with help of the book of A.V.B. Norman and found the pommel of my sword on page 243 as "pommel 14", dated...
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Forum: European Armoury
8th January 2022, 08:36 AM
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I have what I think is a "mortuary sword" in my...
I have what I think is a "mortuary sword" in my collection with a portrait at its blade. I have no idea for which purpose this sword has been made. Length is 880 mm, blade 725 mm, width 30 mm. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2022, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2022, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,446
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2021, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 67,640
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2021, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd December 2021, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
17th December 2021, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 27
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I think that the blade's decoration is not...
I think that the blade's decoration is not typical for the time such sword has been in use. Over that the coat of arms under this very funny crown is not to be found in Johann Siebmachers book of...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2021, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2021, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 45,271
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2021, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 45,271
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Forum: European Armoury
15th December 2021, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 45,271
Here come some additional fotos of the marks at...
Here come some additional fotos of the marks at the barrel and the lock inside, the end of the narrel regimental marking and the title of Calvo's book as well as the drawing of the Husar pistol 1789....
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Forum: European Armoury
14th December 2021, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
13th December 2021, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 21
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Spanish Husar Pistol 1789
Just to show you a new addition to my collection and to ask your comments. It is as I know a miquelet pistol for the Spanish light cavalry or husars M 1789. A letter "C" at the lockplate says that...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th December 2021, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd December 2021, 07:10 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: European Armoury
28th November 2021, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: European Armoury
21st November 2021, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 3
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The decorative sign on the back of the blade...
The decorative sign on the back of the blade shows that the sabre or at least the blade has been made in Solingen. So it should be a Bavarian or an Austrian officers sabre around 1750.
The blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th November 2021, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 7
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Don't forget that officers are in the situation...
Don't forget that officers are in the situation to arm themselves on their own cost and could order sabres of their own taste. Over that it is not certain that the sword and its scabbard originally...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th November 2021, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 16
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Forum: European Armoury
6th November 2021, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,812
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2021, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 4
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I don't think that this is a gun made for or in...
I don't think that this is a gun made for or in Germany or Austria. The barrel with this chracteristic backsight and the inforced muzzle is a typical turkish or osmanic one. Over that the decoration...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th November 2021, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 35,462
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