Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2014, 10:34 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
13th February 2014, 10:28 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2014, 08:34 PM
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mine
Hello,
so this is my example but I am worried about the item.
The guard semm to be a galvano or something like this and the whole grip seem to be restored.
The blade may have a markers mark like...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2014, 08:27 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2014, 08:25 PM
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Hello,
so I like to share mine as well.
It s...
Hello,
so I like to share mine as well.
It s one of the shorter ones and has a type of composed grip ending in some brass plates. The quillon / guard is decorated with some carvings and the...
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Forum: European Armoury
11th February 2014, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 39
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mine
Hello,
so I like to share mine as well.
It s one of the shorter ones and has a type of composed grip ending in some brass plates. The quillon / guard is decorated with some carvings and the...
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Forum: Swap Forum
3rd November 2013, 09:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th October 2013, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 9
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Bullet Container
Hi,
Hello, Anthony Tirri, in his book "Islamic Weapons", says it is a Bullet container and in Robert Elgood "Arms of Greece" i found an oil Picture dated from 1850 with the followin detail
Dirk
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th October 2013, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 6
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Another Bow
Hello,
I´m happy to get another bow from SEA region.
It is 210 cm long, made of brown (palm-?) wood in D shape, the inside seme to be painted black.
This one has not the original string as...
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Forum: Swap Forum
8th October 2013, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 1
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Lance from Bougainville, Salomon Islands
Hello,
I decided to let one of the lance go.
So I will sell/swap the lower one, came from Bougainville / Baku, northern Salomon Islands around 1900.
It has some nice barbs out of bat`s wing bones...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2013, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 1
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Hi,
This is an amazing piece.
I will not...
Hi,
This is an amazing piece.
I will not guess a time think the restaurator is correct.
But may be in the european forum there will be more specialists for this topic.
Close ups fron the little...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th April 2013, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 6
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drawing
just found an drawing of the Eagle bearer
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Forum: European Armoury
20th April 2013, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 5
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Hello,
Thanks for your guesses.
Found out...
Hello,
Thanks for your guesses.
Found out that a third one without the marks came along in another auction in Germany.
It was described as 16/17 century lance head.
But we know this couldn`t...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2013, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 5
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Forum: European Armoury
18th April 2013, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 6
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Hi,
i hope this is a good find, never seen...
Hi,
i hope this is a good find, never seen one before in any museum in germany.
Maybe there are more in France.
@CC Yes the axe part is nearly the same like the boarding axe shown in...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2013, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2013, 05:39 PM
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American Sponton
Hi,
also this one came to me. It is one of a pair.
It is near at Newmans american spontoon no 88PA but mine has a rim at the shoulder (like 73PA).
It is marked with OK.
Will this be the...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2013, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 6
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Pair of Napoleonic Eagle Bearers Halberds
Hi,
Just got these two Halberds from an auction and want to share it with you.
Found out, that there are from the Napoleonic France.
Napoleon gave his regiments Eagles as a signum on...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2013, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 9
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Hi,
I found the two in the book from...
Hi,
I found the two in the book from Müller/Körting.
First is called an italian one with the decoration, second also called a french halberd. Both from end of the 17 century
best
Dirk
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Forum: European Armoury
1st April 2013, 05:01 PM
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blade
Hi,
maybe older but the form is also like an german WW1 trench knife
Dirk
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd March 2013, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 39
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Fire axe
Hi, CC,
yes there is some confusion about this form of fire axes.
There are definitve fire axes but in WW 1 they were caried in field also.
I saw an Photo of a soldier who has one of them.
It...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th February 2013, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 5
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Hi,
these are alle territories in former...
Hi,
these are alle territories in former Germany:
archbishops land: Mainz and Trier, Cölln (Colongne)
and Territories: Sachsen, Pfaltz, Brandenburg, Bayern (Bavaria), Mecklenburg, ?
"Für" means...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th February 2013, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 15
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Just a guess.
Maybe a knive for one who lost...
Just a guess.
Maybe a knive for one who lost his hand, when it is fastened to the lower arm.
There were plenty of those items after WW1.
But I think the handle would have been removed if it one ot...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2013, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2012, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,496
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