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Title
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Halbe Rüstung mit Perlchendekor
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HCA Identifier
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Document Number/Property ID: AK006575
Inventory number: W 1109
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Collection Location
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Deutches Historisches Museum
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Date
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1572
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Location
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Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Germany)
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Description
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The prod is likely made of steel. It attaches to the wooden stock with bindings. There are pom-poms attached to the bindings.
The sides of the stock are covered with small beads made of bone, adhered with wax.
The top and bottom of the stock are covered with bone overlay carved with designs of foliage and scrollwork. The underside is finely carved with female figures, and near the butt of the crossbow, there is the number 1572. This crossbow has a four-axle lock system. According to “Die Armbrust: Schrecken und Schönheit,” an inventory book links this crossbow to Kaiser Wilhelm II, who gave it as a gift.
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Source
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Sven, Lüker, and Jens Sensfelder. Die Armbrust: Schrecken und Schönheit [The Crossbow: Terror and Beauty]. Münich: Hirmer, 2020.
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Crossbow Top Measurements
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Basic measurements:
Length: 61.5 cm
Width (prod length): 52.5 cm
Weight: 2.98 kg
Detailed measurements:
Total string length: 525 mm
String length: approx. 470 mm
Middle prod cross-section: 37mm x 9.5 mm
Outer prod cross-section: 30 mm x 5.5 mm
String position: approx. 97 mm
String diameter: 11 mm (S) / 1 mm (Z)
Total length of the crossbow: 620 mm
Stock length: 615mm
Prod - lock: 205 mm
Stock cross-section at the prod: 71 mm x 41 mm
Stock cross-section at the lock: 63 mm x 78 mm
Stock cross-section at the butt: 51/49 mm x 38 mm
Nut diameter and width: 36 mm x 33 mm
Width of the trigger lever: 8 mm
Diameter of the bridling: 5 mm (Z)
Weight: 2.98 kg
