Forum: European Armoury
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd July 2024, 09:43 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
25th June 2024, 07:52 PM
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Hi I just wanted to share some contemporary...
Hi I just wanted to share some contemporary Schiavona art that I stumbled across with you. The first painting “Soldiers playing cards” (1730-1740s) by Giacomo Ceruti. The second painting is “Il...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th June 2024, 07:45 PM
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Nice sword! I believe it’s a customised dress...
Nice sword! I believe it’s a customised dress sword for an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer. The pommel cap has the owner’s monogram and the basket features S:t George and the dragon. Other baskets...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th May 2024, 04:40 PM
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Nice sword, Jim! Schiavonas typically have all...
Nice sword, Jim! Schiavonas typically have all sorts of different blades and I guess the blade doesn’t necessarily mean it was used by a Sicilian? Interestingly the French under Napoleon took over...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th May 2024, 11:14 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd May 2024, 06:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th May 2024, 08:33 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th May 2024, 08:52 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th April 2024, 08:34 AM
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Guten Morgen! I finally made it here to Graz,...
Guten Morgen! I finally made it here to Graz, Austria where I’m visiting the Landeszeughaus. The morning stars were peasant arms. They were unskilled in war, unarmed and expendable. Hence they were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
25th April 2024, 07:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
24th April 2024, 07:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
16th April 2024, 07:56 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2024, 08:39 PM
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I thought I recognised that smith’s mark from...
I thought I recognised that smith’s mark from somewhere. Staffan Kinman’s excellent book “European Makers of Edged Weapons, their Marks “ (2015) suggests the mark is of the Stantler family.
The...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th March 2024, 10:19 PM
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Yuri,
I don’t generally collect 19thC swords...
Yuri,
I don’t generally collect 19thC swords so my knowledge here is quite limited. From consulting the book “Blanka vapen och skyddsvapen” (1975) by Josef Alm it seems this sword likely is...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 11:39 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th March 2024, 11:35 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th March 2024, 08:30 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
17th March 2024, 09:43 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th March 2024, 09:42 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th March 2024, 09:06 PM
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Wow, those pics are great. Thanks for posting...
Wow, those pics are great. Thanks for posting Serdar. I’m sure much of what you write is completely new to most people in the forum. I never even heard of Boka and Risno before! Even Byzantine arms I...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th March 2024, 09:37 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 04:43 PM
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Swiss article on halberds
Excellent Swiss National Museum article on halberds:
https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2022/01/the-rise-of-the-all-purpose-weapon-halberd/
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Forum: European Armoury
9th March 2024, 01:09 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
12th February 2024, 05:54 PM
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