Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[gp]

looking up something, I stumbled upon these 3 interesting items:

Three Arrowheads, circa 1437-39. Bohemia, probably Prague. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

These extremely large arrowheads, originally mounted on wooden straps, probably served as symbols of rank.

They are decorated with royal monograms and insignia as well as religious invocations. The three prongs bear the monogram of AR Albert, King of Bohemia and Hungary (reigned 1437-39). In one case the monogram AE is also found, probably for Albert and Elizabeth, his queen.

The right and left arrowheads bear the mark of the Turkish Arsenal, indicating that they were captured by Ottoman forces, perhaps during the campaign of 1439 during which Albert was killed, and then stored in the Turkish Arsenal in Constantinople.

[fernando]

Beautiful pictures, gp.
But ... where are the "People with Ethnographic Arms" in them ? .

[gp]

Originally Posted by fernando

Beautiful pictures, gp.
But ... where are the "People with Ethnographic Arms" in them ? .

guess perhaps room to start a new topic like these kind of historic items ?

but to please your puristic rule; picture added now

Solution to a question....

[fernando]

Yes, obviously a new topic indeed. This one has hardly something to do with it .

[gp]

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[fernando]

Originally Posted by gp

guess the weapons were the most important item here to discuss, never thought we were puristic like the inquisition within a certain topic...

C'mon gp. This is the one only topic dedicated to period people with Ethno weapons. As if you had no chance to post those arrowheads in a more adequate thread ... even in a new topic. I will skip over the puristic part !

[AvtoGaz]

Armenian warrior from Zeytun