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Matchlock · 21st January 2012, 07:56 PM

I attach an image of the same date, 1530, on the barrel of the earliest known dated wheellock arquebus, by the Ausburg gunsmith Bartholomäus Marquardt, who worked for the Roman Emperor Charles V.
Real Armería Madrid, inv.no. K 23.

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21st January 2012, 07:56 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	I attach an image of the same date, 1530, on the barrel of the earliest known dated wheellock arquebus, by the Ausburg gunsmith Bartholomäus Marquardt, who worked for the Roman Emperor Charles V. Real Armería Madrid, inv.no. K 23. m Attached Images