Ca. 1500 to 1650: Bandeliers for Arquebusiers and Musketeers

Matchlock · 16th March 2014, 05:18 PM

The well-known small group of bandeliers for guardsmen of the Electors of Saxony, Christian I and Christian II, ca. 1580-90, are the only later bandeliers to feature tinned-iron powder measures and a match hider, all covered by a brownish fabric (German: Rips). Their leather belts are decorated with gilt-bronze lion's heads.
Attached please find a few samples from the museums in Leeds and Ingolstadt.

Next there are some detached powder measures made of tinned iron from Alderney, England.

16th March 2014, 05:18 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The well-known small group of bandeliers for guardsmen of the Electors of Saxony, Christian I and Christian II, ca. 1580-90, are the only later bandeliers to feature tinned-iron powder measures and a match hider, all covered by a brownish fabric (German: Rips). Their leather belts are decorated with gilt-bronze lion's heads. Attached please find a few samples from the museums in Leeds and Ingolstadt. Next there are some detached powder measures made of tinned iron from Alderney, England. Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 16th March 2014 at 09:59 PM.

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