[Swordfish]

From where do you have the certainty that the mark must be attributet to Behaim? Your attribution is only an assumption, but without providing proof. Stoeckel mentions the mark, but not in connection with Behaim. Do you know any hackbut barrel from Pegnitzer with the cast band EPGM? I know this only from the larger falconets which are allways more decorated in high relief than hackbuts.
How do you explain the close similarites of the middle section with the roped bands and the muzzle section of the falconet from Pegnizer and the 'P' marked hackbut barrel? Does Behaim has used the decoration elements from Pegnitzer? Is it likely that many Behaim hackbut barrels have survived and none from Pegnitzer with the mark EPGM?

If you read the Bonham's description, they have well attributet the red number to the Hohenzollern collection, but I also know that auction experts are not allways right.
If you have seen many inventory numbers from Sigmaringen of different form compared with the one on the barrel, I believe you that the three digit number is probably fom another armoury. But for me the it makes no difference from which armoury it originates. If I buy arms, then because of the items itself, not because of the provenance.


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