The service weapon of J. R. R. Tolkien, who served on the Somme before contracting trench fever in October 1916. He fought few miles from Hitler.
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14mm bore wheel-lock pistol and battle axe combination from Nuremberg, c.1580 #axe #gun #sword #pistol #museum #history #artifacts #germany
Napoleon’s three chamber box lock pistol.
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As you may have guessed, this weapon is very heavy, unbalanced and unwieldy at the same time. Due to the magazine wheel in front, the user can’t carry this revolver is his pocket or in a holster either
Double-barreled wheellock pistol (49.2 cm, 2,5 kg, cal. of each barrel 11.7 mm) made for emperor Charles V, Germany 1540 #gun #pistol #museum #history #france
Joseph Enouy’s 8-cylinder, 48-shot percussion revolver, dated 1855
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Gun that started I world war - Gavrilo Princip’s FN M1910 (serial number 19074)
Gun that started I world war - Gavrilo Princip’s FN M1910 (serial number 19074)
Gavrilo Princip’s assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand is perhaps one of history’s best known assassinations. It catalysed the political, bureaucratic and martial wranglings which saw Europe’s slow descent into the Great War. Princip’s first round entered the Archduke’s neck piercing his jugular, cutting the vein and lodging itself in his spine. The .380 ACP projectile mushroomed as it struck Franz Ferdinand’s neck tissues losing its momentum before lodging in his spinal column, probably somewhere in his Cervical vertebrae. Considering how difficult to pick up theModel 1910’s sights are Princip was either extremely lucky to hit the Archduke or was a skilled snap shooter.
17th century war elephant armour weighs 118kg, some plates are missing and originally the total number would be 8,439 and weigh 159kg! The tusk swords that accompany this armour (not on display) weigh in at 10kg.
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The Derringer pistol used to kill president Abraham Lincoln
Human portrait dated 15 000 BC, Bernifal cave, France.