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15th May 2010, 09:16 AM
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Has somebody better quality photos of this crossbow? I need also length, width and other dimension parameters. I wish to help to one good men to make the replica of this:
"Crossbow, combined with wheel-lock rifle. Inscription, initials, coats of arms and emblems of the medal of the golden fleece: Archduke Ferdinand I. of Austria and Anna von Boehmen. Upper Italy (?), around 1520/26. From Ambras Castle" |
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15th May 2010, 10:55 AM
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Here's a picture of it from Dolinek's The encyclopedia of European historical weapons. I can't recall there being much in the way of measurements in the book though.
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15th May 2010, 06:32 PM
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Hi Alexander,
This is the earliest closely datable combined wheel-lock gun and crossbow. It came, as you said, from Schloss Ambras, The Tyrol, and is preserved in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. The measurements are: Length overall: 73 cm Length of barrel: 39.9 cm Caliber: 9.8 mm smoothbore I attach more images that I took myself. Sorry for the unusual poor quality but I took them during various visits there and was not always allowed to use flash. Moreover, they are 20 years old. Best, Michael |
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15th May 2010, 06:39 PM
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More.
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15th May 2010, 06:53 PM
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Please note that the wheel-lock dog is incomplete, the top with the jaws is missing.
As is the case with the earliest matchlocks, there are no screws to the mechanism; all parts are riveted. Michael |
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15th May 2010, 07:42 PM
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The inscription reads:
FERDINANDVS on the center of the octagonal rear section, inlaid in gold against the blued ground. F and A on the stock, together with the arms of the Golden Fleece below an archduke's hat. That's about all I can tell you, sorry. I attach images of the Order of the Golden Fleece but not from that object. Best, Michael |
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