Weapons Collection (page 17)

Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, WW1
Cartoon, French munitions factory workers, one male, one female. The man asks the woman: What does your husband do at the moment? She replies: He stays at home and mends my silk stockings. Date: 1917

Cartoon, French women in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon showing French women working in a munitions factory. One woman tells her boss: we ve replaced rice powder (used in cosmetics) with gunpowder. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Men in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon, two men working in a French munitions factory. One man comments to his colleague: Be careful with that shell, it could be the one that avenges your brother. Date: 1917

Indigenous Gunsmith - Tunisia, North Africa Date: 1906

Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915
Every shell was tested for flaws by the sound, being hammered, in the background a man seen weighing each shell, in order to ensure its nanswering to the exact regulation weight

Old defences, Fortress of Havana, Cuba
Old defences, Fortress of Havana (Morro Castle), Cuba. Date: circa 1930

Deadly torpedo and torpedo-mine 1917
Cross section of the deadly torpedo and torpedo-mine used in World War One, carrying 500lb of gun-cotton having a speed of 48 knots and possible range of 12, 000 yards. 1917

Valletta, Malta - The Armoury - Governors Palace. Date: 1923

Fantastic Adventures - Warrior Queen of Mars
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1950, featuring the story Warrior Queen of Mars by Alexander Blade. Two women rise their spears attacking on something

Prehistory. Bronze Age. bronze weapons, found in Finland. National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

History. World War II. Latvia. Objects found in the field of Battle near and More. Over 200 Latvians died between September 26 to 29, 1944

Cannon. 1566. Bronze. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Ripolls weapons deposit, Late Bronze Age. Spain
Prehistory. Late Bronze Age. Ripolls weapons deposit, Catalonia. Detail. Girona Archaeological Museum. Spain

Port of Barcelona during his construction. 16th century. Spa
Spain. Catalonia. Port of Barcelona during his construction. 16th century. Book of Weapons and Flags of Different Lineages and Portraits. National Library. Madrid

World War II. Weapons
Showcase with material and weapons used by soldiers during World War II. Black Sea Fleet Museum. Sevastopol. Ukraine

Ancient pistols. 18th century. Colored engraving
Ancient weapons. 18th century. From top to bottom: Catalan pistol, Arab pistol, Catalan pistol and French pistol. Colored engraving of The Illustration, 1890

Curved swords. From Rorby, Zealand. C. 1550 BC. Bronze Age
Curved swords sacrificed in a bog. C. 1550 BC. Bronze Age. Made in Scandinavia. From Rorby, western Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Flint axes for sacrifice. Sigersdal Mose. C. 3500 BC
Flint axe who are sacrificed. From Sigersdal Mose, northern Zealand. C. 3500 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Flat hoe axes of greenstone. 7500-5500 BC. Denmark
Flat hoe axes of greenstone. 7500-5500 BC. From Danish islands and Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Ostia Antica. Capitolium. Altar
Ostia Antica. Capitolium. The marble altar with the frieze of weapons. 120 AD. Italy

Basin with reliefs of a marine procession (Thiasos). Rome. I
Basin with reliefs depicting a procession (Thiasos) with Tritons and Nereids with weapons forged by Hephaestus for Achilles. Pentelic marble. Found in the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (Rome). 120 BC

Cameron, Verney Lovett (1844-1894). British traveler and explorer. Camerons Expedition to Central Africa (July 15, 1875). Nineteenth-century colored engraving

First World War. Poster
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Poster. Day of the african army and colonial troops by Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). Paris. France

Music cover, La Retraite, Polka Militaire
Music cover, La Retraite (The Retreat), Polka Militaire by Gaston de Lille. circa 1850s

Music cover, Brothers-in-Arms, descriptive piece by Theo Bonheur. 1914

Dyak warrior from the island of Borneo. Wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1890

George V and Queen Mary official visit, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary on an official visit to a munitions factory during the First World War. On the left behind a rope is a large group of women munitions workers

George V and Queen Mary visit munitions factory, WW1
King George V and Queen Mary visiting a munitions factory during the First World War. With them is an early woman police officer, Chief Inspector Reinhold (right)

Quex Ambulance Q. 2 used as a selling booth
Quex Ambulance Q.2 being used as a selling booth during War Weapons Week in Birchington. Major Powell-Cotton (in Homberg hat) is speaking to one of the women at the table

Selling War Certificates, Birchington
Hannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week

Birchington Sports Day, Egg & Spoon Race
In conjunction with Birchington War Weapons Week in late May 1918, the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington organised a Sports event

VAD patients at the Birchington Sports Day
VAD Hospital patients at the Sports Day held at Woodford House School field in Birchington during War Weapons Week. The Quex Park VAD Hospital

Giant British Gun
A huge mounted artillery gun on a camouflaged British train destined for the Western Front. Date: 1918

Camouflaged Ammo Train
A heavy mounted artillery gun on a camouflaged British train destined for the Western Front. Date: 1918

American Machine Guns
American machine gun section with heavy machine guns on wooden carts on the Western Front. Date: 1918

German Artillery Cart
German troops on the Western Front, showing the difficulties involved in hauling heavy artillery across the muddy terrain on horse and cattle drawn carts. Date: 1918

Mule-Drawn Ammunition
British troops carrying heavy ammunition to the Western Front by mule-drawn cart. Date: 1918

Gas Attack School
A school in Berlin, Germany, where pupils are taught how to protect themselves against asphixiating gas attacks and how to rescue and revive other people. Date: 1930s

Artillery being sent to German front at Verdun 1916
Bombarment of unending stream of heavy field guns and artillery being sent to Verdun, during World War One. Date: 1916

Women Making Bullets
Women in an American factory making bullets for the Civil War Date: circa 1863

French Field Cannon 18C
French field cannon Date: 18th century

Krupp Armoured Gun 1911
Krupps armoured gun emplacements Date: 1911

Krupp Gun Recoil Test
Testing the barrel recoil of a Krupps field gun Date: 1911

Flak Gun on Patrol Boat
Flak gun mounted on a German patrol boat Date: 1940

German Cannon Firing 16C
German cannon - firing Date: 16th century

Lewis Gun Trenches Ww1
Lewis gun in the British trenches during the First World War Date: 1914-17

Gas Masks for Horses
Gas masks for horses in battle.. Date: 1925

Nicolas Ii / Beurre 1908
NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH TSAR NICOLAS II (1894-1917) Proclaiming his readiness for anything - and carrying all kinds of weapons Date: 1908

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