Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - An extremely rare short Landsknechts' matchlock harquebus, Suhl ?, ca. 1540

Matchlock · 6th April 2012, 11:18 PM

Please compare this fine piece with a ca. 1530 Landsknecht matchlock arquebus being loaded, with the tinned iron bandolier conatainers and powder horn depicted, all illustrated in a contemporary Swiss piece of period artwork:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...153#post137153

Best,
Michael

6th April 2012, 11:18 PM	#22
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Please compare this fine piece with a ca. 1530 Landsknecht matchlock arquebus being loaded, with the tinned iron bandolier conatainers and powder horn depicted, all illustrated in a contemporary Swiss piece of period artwork: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...153#post137153 Best, Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 6th April 2012 at 11:39 PM.