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Forum: European Armoury Today, 11:51 AM
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Posted By corrado26
Fish made of brass

I have this item with a total length of ca. 150 mm in my collection since a very long time but until today nobody could tell me what this might be or for which purpose it has been made. It looks as...
Forum: European Armoury 26th October 2024, 09:12 AM
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Views: 5,407
Posted By corrado26
Very sad news and a great loss to this forum and...

Very sad news and a great loss to this forum and to me. Very often I had a useful and helpful contact to Fernando, so I shall miss him deeply.
Forum: European Armoury 14th October 2024, 12:37 PM
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Views: 5,668
Posted By corrado26
For me it looks as if the material of the pommel...

For me it looks as if the material of the pommel and the rest of the hilt is of different colour and different surface, so the pommel could have been replaced later?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st October 2024, 02:12 PM
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Views: 8,228
Posted By corrado26
I think that this item is from Saudi Arabia

I think that this item is from Saudi Arabia
Forum: European Armoury 30th September 2024, 08:36 AM
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Views: 17,814
Posted By corrado26
Here are copies of Rüdiger Franz,...

Here are copies of Rüdiger Franz, Preußisch-deutsche Seitengewehre 1807-1945 with the Prussian "Hirschfaenger" produced in the years 1786/1796.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2024, 08:35 AM
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Views: 12,074
Posted By corrado26
I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol...

I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol from the middle of the 19. century, similar to the ones in the addition
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th September 2024, 08:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 12,074
Posted By corrado26
I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol...

I think this is a typical Greece flintlockpistol from the middle of the 19. century
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 06:07 PM
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Views: 30,656
Posted By corrado26
sometimes a blind hen finds a corn too

sometimes a blind hen finds a corn too
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 04:38 PM
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Posted By corrado26
In my photo archive I found pictures of a...

In my photo archive I found pictures of a percussion carbine with a lock signature "2. Scinde Irregular horse", a unit of the EIC in India. I am by no means a specialist of British troop markings and...
Forum: European Armoury 1st September 2024, 10:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 30,656
Posted By corrado26
Could it be that the number at the socked is...

Could it be that the number at the socked is II/SI and not II/8I?
Forum: European Armoury 29th August 2024, 08:41 AM
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Views: 17,637
Posted By corrado26
This is a replica too!

This is a replica too!
Forum: European Armoury 28th August 2024, 06:18 PM
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Views: 17,637
Posted By corrado26
This is a Spanish made replica of the 1980s.

This is a Spanish made replica of the 1980s.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th August 2024, 09:46 AM
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Views: 18,464
Posted By corrado26
The items you show us have noothing to do with...

The items you show us have noothing to do with Africa, these are modern Russian pieces, mostly made in Usbekistand today.
Forum: European Armoury 8th August 2024, 08:28 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 11,569
Posted By corrado26
Based on the striking white-blue color scheme and...

Based on the striking white-blue color scheme and the design of the carriage, I think that this could be a cannon from the Bavarian mountain artillery around 1850. Around 1850 there has certainly not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th July 2024, 04:14 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,261
Posted By corrado26
good shot Fernando!

good shot Fernando!
Forum: European Armoury 17th July 2024, 02:14 PM
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Views: 20,650
Posted By corrado26
It looks like the model of a canon barrel with a...

It looks like the model of a canon barrel with a oval system of Carl Wilhelm Ernst Berner. Guns with this kind of barrels have been in use as M 1835 in the state of Oldenburg.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd July 2024, 07:16 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 29,075
Posted By corrado26
The book of Yuri Miller, Caucasian Arms from the...

The book of Yuri Miller, Caucasian Arms from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg is in Danish/English language is highly recommended and should be readable for everyone here;)
Forum: European Armoury 30th June 2024, 10:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 35,008
Posted By corrado26
Thanks for your reply but the mark at the...

Thanks for your reply but the mark at the museums' pistol is different to the marks of the pistol in question. I think, I found this mark in your post of may 7th.
Forum: European Armoury 27th June 2024, 09:23 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 26,331
Posted By corrado26
In Harold L. Peterson's book "Old Firearms" you...

In Harold L. Peterson's book "Old Firearms" you can find a foto of a wheellockpistole made by Le Page in 1829. It is said that it probably has been made for target shooting because of the smooth...
Forum: European Armoury 26th June 2024, 05:41 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 26,331
Posted By corrado26
Thank you very much for the informative...

Thank you very much for the informative information about this more than strange pistol, which appears to be quite old due to its condition, but is not. If I remember correctly, I discovered and...
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2024, 05:11 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 28,233
Posted By corrado26
In addition to my above post I added two drawings...

In addition to my above post I added two drawings by Aries, Grenadier Sabres of 1767, two versions of 1770 and 1780 and produced by the Klingenthal factory. I also looked for this blade with the...
Forum: European Armoury 25th June 2024, 11:59 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 28,233
Posted By corrado26
The decoration on the blade, the "burning...

The decoration on the blade, the "burning grenade" is made at the Klingenthal factory and to be found on grenadier sabres M 1767 produced in Klingenthal. So the decoration of the spine has certainly...
Forum: European Armoury 23rd June 2024, 05:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 26,331
Posted By corrado26
Matchlock Pistol

In my photo archive I discovered pictures of a matchlock pistol that had marks on the lock and barrel. The barrel shows a snake, as known from Peter Danner from Nuremberg. The lock mark with the...
Forum: European Armoury 11th June 2024, 07:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 12,944
Posted By corrado26
The German words are "Zieh ohne Grund nie Deine...

The German words are "Zieh ohne Grund nie Deine Wehr, versorg' sie nie ohne Ehr", this is in English "Do never pull your sword without a reason - put it never back without honour", 8th August 1911.
Forum: European Armoury 2nd June 2024, 09:29 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 29,548
Posted By corrado26
I think the whole cock is a replacement

I think the whole cock is a replacement
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