Gallery "Arms and Uniforms in Poland" (picture intensive thread)

wolviex · 23rd October 2009, 06:44 PM

Thanks Celtan!
Well - there are few Spanish things, not many, not so unique, but might be interesting for some

Regards!

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:01 AM

Hi Michal,

Thank you so much for taking your time and posting all this awseome stuff from the Krakau National Museum, thus making it finally accessible to the rest of the world!

Please let me comment on a few early German firearms in the Krakau National Museum in which I am highly interested in personally.

1. A South German tiller haquebut with what seems to a be a (Nuremberg?) octagonal cast copper alloy (brass or bronze) barrel, ca. 1480, of switching sections, the touch hole on the upper flat section, the heavily swamped muzzle section again remarkable for featuring a pointed upper section which simultaneously acts as a foresight.

Best wishes from Lower Bavaria,

Michael

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:05 AM

2. A very rare and fine South German combined wheel and snap matchlock musket, ca. 1600-10, with a rare scroll butt and inlaid with engraved bone and mother-of-pearl. Do you happen to know (or check and maybe take images?) whether the rear section of the barrel is dated?

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:11 AM

3. A highly unusual so-called all steel butt etched South German (probably Augsburg or Nuremberg) wheel lock gun, possibly combined with an additional snap matchlock, ca. 1575-80. Of course the butts and forestocks of this group of guns, pistols included, would have been way too heavy had they actually consisted of massive iron. They were made of wood, of course, and fully covered by thin copper brazed tin iron.

This gun is seen right beneath the formerly mentioned combined wheel lock and match lock scroll butt musket and - sadly - partly covered by it; so here comes the image again.

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:15 AM

4. A very rare double wheel lock over and under barrel South German (Saxony?) long pistol, ca. 1595-1610.

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:18 AM

5. A fine wheel lock long pistol, most probably made for a guardsman of the Electors of Saxony, ca. 1610.

Matchlock · 24th October 2009, 03:20 AM

6. Another fine and long wheel lock pistol presumably Saxony, ca. 1615-20, the trigger guard now missing.

Dear Michal, if you think it is possible to get better and more detailed photos of these guns, including copies of what the inventory has on them, please let me know. Any help would me much appreciated and all costs would, of course, be made up for.

Best wishes from Lower Bavaria,
Michael

24th October 2009, 03:01 AM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Tiller Haquebut, ca. 1480 Hi Michal, Thank you so much for taking your time and posting all this awseome stuff from the Krakau National Museum, thus making it finally accessible to the rest of the world! Please let me comment on a few early German firearms in the Krakau National Museum in which I am highly interested in personally. 1. A South German tiller haquebut with what seems to a be a (Nuremberg?) octagonal cast copper alloy (brass or bronze) barrel, ca. 1480, of switching sections, the touch hole on the upper flat section, the heavily swamped muzzle section again remarkable for featuring a pointed upper section which simultaneously acts as a foresight. Best wishes from Lower Bavaria, Michael Attached Images

24th October 2009, 03:05 AM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Scroll Butt Combined Wheel And Snap Matchlock Musket, ca. 1600-10 2. A very rare and fine South German combined wheel and snap matchlock musket, ca. 1600-10, with a rare scroll butt and inlaid with engraved bone and mother-of-pearl. Do you happen to know (or check and maybe take images?) whether the rear section of the barrel is dated? Attached Images

24th October 2009, 03:11 AM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A So-Called All Steel Butt Etched Wheel Lock Gun, ca. 1575-80 3. A highly unusual so-called all steel butt etched South German (probably Augsburg or Nuremberg) wheel lock gun, possibly combined with an additional snap matchlock, ca. 1575-80. Of course the butts and forestocks of this group of guns, pistols included, would have been way too heavy had they actually consisted of massive iron. They were made of wood, of course, and fully covered by thin copper brazed tin iron. This gun is seen right beneath the formerly mentioned combined wheel lock and match lock scroll butt musket and - sadly - partly covered by it; so here comes the image again. Attached Images

24th October 2009, 03:15 AM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Saxon? Double Wheel Lock Over And Under Barrel Pistol, ca. 1595-10 4. A very rare double wheel lock over and under barrel South German (Saxony?) long pistol, ca. 1595-1610. Attached Images

24th October 2009, 03:18 AM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Saxon? Wheel Lock Pistol, ca. 1610 5. A fine wheel lock long pistol, most probably made for a guardsman of the Electors of Saxony, ca. 1610. Attached Images

23rd October 2009, 06:44 PM	#1
wolviex Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Poland, Krakow Posts: 418	Thanks Celtan! Well - there are few Spanish things, not many, not so unique, but might be interesting for some Regards!

24th October 2009, 03:20 AM	#7
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Fine Saxon? Wheel Lock Long Pistol, ca. 1615-20 6. Another fine and long wheel lock pistol presumably Saxony, ca. 1615-20, the trigger guard now missing. Dear Michal, if you think it is possible to get better and more detailed photos of these guns, including copies of what the inventory has on them, please let me know. Any help would me much appreciated and all costs would, of course, be made up for. Best wishes from Lower Bavaria, Michael Attached Images