Gerrit
A piece of history of mankind!
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Gerrit
A piece of history of mankind!
Green
In this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. CE
Great piece. Unbelievable find and in great condition. Congrats
Jason
Awesome piece!
I think i leave the broken springs the way they are, the pieces are put together with rivets, so removing them so the springs can be welded is a difficult task.
( 1 spring is below the sight and shout press the hook down that holds the twin cables, that can be restored as it is, its acessable, but the second is part of the trigger case, thats the difficult one)
I dont want to destroy its original looks, so i have to take it to a master blacksmith and talk about the possibilities i have with this one.
The double cables are easily replaced, but that wouldnt be permitted in Holland.
it would become an item of the firearms law because it had a tremendous power.
Perhaps i make a leather dummy to restore it original looks.
I found this one on a website for second hand stuff, the same as where i buy 90% of my WW2 daggers.
I seen it twice but both times it was removed before i could take action, had to talk to the misses first, LOL.
my brother mailed him right away when he posted it for the third time.
He inherited it from his grandfather and needed the money, lucky me
He then called my brother, but it was a bit out of his league.....the rest is history.
Cheers,
ger
Hi,
Lucky you indeed.
Dave.
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
Hi Ralph
Nice crossbow, for sure. Used to live in Bavaria, saw many of these things in museums and castles.
I have a crossbow bolt from the 15th century AD. Its a diamond shaped, quad sided iron crossbow bolt from a Germanic site and circa 1450 AD. Guess that your crossbow would have fired similar bolts. It is about 3 inches / 7.5 cm long.
Al
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
Thats the only place i ever saw crossbows like this one, in museums and castles.
The Iron crossbows like the one i have are not seen that often tho, more the wood types,so im very happy with it
Thanks for showing the bolt, i have found over 2000 coins, from celtic, roman thru the middleages with my detector, but never found a bolt, i did owned a spearblade ( iron 14th cent) but i will look for a few bolts now....
Cheers Ger
Wow can you post some pics of the coins? Are they in good condition?
Looking for the photo albums of Leutnant Emil Freitag, 3. / G.R. 377
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