Cannons from Dithmarschen

Andi · 13th November 2012, 04:12 PM

Hello!

I am new in this forum and I hope I will be able to contibute something interesting for you. I am primarily interested in very early european firearms until end of 14th century but with a special focus on fire arms aorund 1400 AD.

At the permanent exhibition of the Dithmarscher Landesmuseum, Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany I have made some photos of small cannons. Unfortunately no description was available in the exhibition and a request to the museums remained unanswered. Unforturnately the photos are not so good and I missed to take the dimensions of the barrels. I guess the outer barrels had a lenght of approx. 100 to 110 cm, but I can not recall the approximate calibre.

I guess the left and right barrels are dating to the 15th or 16th century.
May someone can give a more prcise date?

13th November 2012, 04:12 PM	#1
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 203	Cannons from Dithmarschen Hello! I am new in this forum and I hope I will be able to contibute something interesting for you. I am primarily interested in very early european firearms until end of 14th century but with a special focus on fire arms aorund 1400 AD. At the permanent exhibition of the Dithmarscher Landesmuseum, Meldorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany I have made some photos of small cannons. Unfortunately no description was available in the exhibition and a request to the museums remained unanswered. Unforturnately the photos are not so good and I missed to take the dimensions of the barrels. I guess the outer barrels had a lenght of approx. 100 to 110 cm, but I can not recall the approximate calibre. I guess the left and right barrels are dating to the 15th or 16th century. May someone can give a more prcise date? Attached Images Last edited by Andi; 14th November 2012 at 09:25 AM.