Weapon Collection (#24)

Bronze gun (1751), melted in the Duchy of Modena by master Herivel. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Exterior spring rifle, made by Urive, gunsmith s
Exterior spring rifle, made by Urive, gunsmiths in Eibar (Spain, 1833). SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)

German swords handle (late 16th c. ). ITALY
German swords handle (late 16th c.). ITALY. Venice. Ducal Palace

Pecussion cap gun (19th c. ). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll
Pecussion cap gun (19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum

Spark blunderbus (19th c. ), that belonged probably
Spark blunderbus (19th c.), that belonged probably to general Ram abrera. SPAIN. Madrid. Army Museum

Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠de
Spanish sword formerly belonging to Tom᳠ de

SACCHETTI, Giovanni Battista (1690-1764). Royal Palace of Madrid. 1738-1755. SPAIN. Madrid. Royal Palace. The weapon room

Shotgun with outside spring. Antonio Larra񡧡
" Shotgun with outside spring. " Antonio Larra񡧡 en Eibar" (19th c.). SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)."

English gun with unscrewable cannon. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)

Blunderbuss (19th c. ). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll
Blunderbuss (19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum

Image in golden copper depicting a lord with a combat weapon (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum

Guns (beg. 18th c. ). SPAIN. Barcelona. Montjuic
Guns (beg. 18th c.). SPAIN. Barcelona. Montjuic Castle Military Museum

Weapon. Basaltic stone ax. Neolithic art. SPAIN. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. Les Piles

Making bombs out of wrought iron gates 1943
Production for victory. This advert is for The motor Industry who helped to make wrought iron gates into weapons for the Second World War effort. 1943

Scandinavian hunter
A prehistoric Scandinavian hunter aims at an elk with his bow and arrow. Date: circa 3000 BC

Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test, WW2
Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test -- the bomb sets fire to a house

Hypnotist directing group of people to do unusual activities: woman playing washboard, woman riding man, men using brooms as musical instruments, policeman using sausage as weapon. Date 19 - ?

Idealised Victorian love scene
An idealised Victorian love scene with a couple and two dogs. (6 of 6) Date: 19th century

Guardsmen protecting station during railway strike
Armed guardsmen in bearskins protecting a platform and railway lines during the railway strike. The location is believed to be Clapham Junction, London. 1911

Making a shell, 1939
A munitions worker performing of the many operations that go to the making of a shell. The projectiles he is working on are still noseless - without the pointed cap which will be fitted later

Men of the 16th Lancers in a farmyard
A member of the 16th Lancers taking observations up a ladder, watched by his colleagues under cover of a farmyard. circa 1911

German mine landed on Dutch coast, 1939
A huge German mine pictured on the beach along the Dutch coast where numerous mines drifted during the first few weeks of World War II

Curtained litter and cavalry exercise, Persia
Two Persian images. The first, entitled Takht-e-Ravan, shows a curtained litter being escorted by horsemen. The second, entitled The Key Kaj Exercise, shows two horsemen

A Moor in the desart of Sahara, Africa
Plate entitled A Moor in the desart of Sahara, depicting a man on a horse riding across the desert. The book (one of three), entitled Travels through the Interior of Africa

Finished shells in a munitions factory, 1939
Men arranging finished shells in a great stack ready for dispatch to the ammunition convoys. These shells are designed for use by the 3.7 inch guns. Date: 1939

Rifle, kneeling position, 1892
A rifleman poses in the kneeling position. Date: 1892

Comic wartime scene on the Western Front
A comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing soldiers and explosions on the right, and a woman in a bombed-out building on the left. 1914-1918

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

War trophies exhibition, WW1
Part of an exhibition of German war trophies captured by the Allies during the First World War. Showing two dummies wearing German uniform, shells and wickerwork shell containers, various weapons

German bomb used in Gotha heavy bombers, WW1
A large German bomb, taller than a man and weighing 300 kg (660 pounds), of the type used in the Gotha heavy bomber during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Men and hounds on wild boar hunt, Sri Lanka
A Melee -- men and hounds on a wild boar hunt in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Armenian troops in defence of Baku, Armenia, WW1
Armenian troops manning a front line position during the defence of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: August 1918

Malaysia - Men from the Sohail Tribe using blow pipes to hunt birds and small mammals with poison darts Date: 1928

Hunter trampled by elephant, Sri Lanka
Caught at Last -- a hunter being trampled by an elephant in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

German AEG biplane with ground crew, WW1
A German AEG bomber biplane, with ground crew fitting a large (100 kg) bomb, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Great offensive: The modern Lord of battle
A french 400mm, or (approximately 16 inch) shell fired by the giant ordnance now being employed by Allies in the Great Offensive on the Western Front, being placed in a gun by three men and a crane

A Vende

Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring, WW1
A Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian civilians on a quayside, WW1
Belgian civilians on a quayside during the First World War. Some of them are looking upwards, and a soldier at the centre is pointing a rifle. Date: 1914-1918

American troops in Villers-sur-Fere, France, WW1
American troops in action in Villers-sur-Fere, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. 27 July 1918

German Gotha biplane with crew, WW1
A German Gotha heavy bomber biplane, with crew, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Buffalo and hunter on horseback, Sri Lanka
Charge in High Reeds -- a buffalo emerging from reeds confronts a hunter on horseback in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Russian troops manning a shallow trench, WW1
Russian troops manning a shallow trench during the First World War, using an interesting firing position. Date: 1914

Turkish infantryman, WW1
A Turkish infantryman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Soviet Russian political cartoon
A Soviet Russian political cartoon containing a satirical image of the late Tsar Nicholas II (top right) and the anti-Bolshevik general Pyotr Wrangel (middle right)

American anti-aircraft action, Chemin des Dames, WW1
American anti-aircraft action at Chemin des Dames in northern France during the First World War. Date: 3 May 1918

American and French allies with rifles, France, WW1
Scene at an American army camp in France during the First World War, showing French and American soldiers discussing the handling of their respective rifles. Date: 1917-1918

French poster, V for Victory
A French wartime poster or cartoon illustrating V for Victory, showing a soldier holding his hands up on a map of Greece, with a bayoneted rifle pointing at him. Date: 20th century

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