Late Gothic Crossbows and Accouterments

[Matchlock]

Originally Posted by Swordfish

The iron side plates are nearly identical to the side
plates on the Wall-crossbow you posted in thread #40.

But their surface does not commensurate with the alleged period of the other components! And the collector has been in close contact with a number of German and Austrian forgers over the decades, they have been interchanging various arms for display in their repective collections. I noticed the same crossbow in another far-off collection about one year after is was for sale with HH.
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