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8th May 2014, 05:51 PM
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And a few more.
Enjoy, and thanks again! m |
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8th May 2014, 07:23 PM
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Such unique and most fascinating specimen. Thanks for sharing the excelent photos.
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8th May 2014, 07:40 PM
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My pleasure, Nando,
 As I obviously cannot present all of you with the real gun  , in a way I felt likeI owing the community better images. Only very few people from the forum have attended my collection so far, and experienced the overwhelming impression of a room full of earliest Nothern European 'military' long guns, as well as hundreds of pieces of accouterments, including that very special 'perfume' of 400 to 700 year-old objects and leather. Actually, only Alexender (Spiridonov) from St. Petersburg and Marcus from the Netherlands have made it to my home so far. Best, Michl |
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8th May 2014, 08:03 PM
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It's been done; this thread has collected over 10,000 views!
Thank you so much all of you, I will try and hang on posting. Best, Michael |
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8th May 2014, 08:04 PM
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And all things considered, my crusade of 10 hours by train was far (!) better than King Arthur his venture in Monthy python and the holy grail. Sadly i did not encounter any stereotypical French soldiers or three headed knights, other than that it was A journey well worth taking, for at the end lies the holy grail of all collections and a great tour
 That handgun had such an athmosphere around it, you just could see yourself back into the past when this rarity was still wet from the minium. ps Michl, only 119 post and you are at 4000, another milestone 
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8th May 2014, 08:14 PM
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Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Thank you so much, Marcus,
It was a pleasure to have such a quick and ready learner here, attending my objects! I warned you though that these earliest firearms and accouterments definitely were highly contageous, in their massive, overwhelming physical presence - and arrayed in a perfect chonological succession which no museum in the world can ever match!  And that's a very sad fact! Since 1990, the date marking the German reunification, the official basic cultural German attitude has been to completely deny the fact that such extremely old and rare fireearms should be neither bought nor ever dispayed!!! No German museum is granted any financial aid any more to enable them and buy my singular collection unmatched worldwide! Edged weapons and armor, on the other hand, still are considered to be 'morally inoffensive' and 'positive' - without any restrictions at all ... ! Best, Michl Last edited by Matchlock; 8th May 2014 at 10:39 PM. |
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19th May 2014, 12:53 PM
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Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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The World's Oldest Illustrations of 1410 and 1411, Exactly Depicting MY ARQUEBUS!!!
The first dated 1410, Cod.vind. 34;
the second, a watercolor, dated 1411, in a Kriegsbuch (book on war techinques), Cod.vind. 3039, fol. 38v, also representing the earliest known illustration of a bullet mold; a third illustration, from the same illuminated manuscript of 1411, fol. 11r, for the first time depicts the use of superimposed loads! Best, Michael |
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