The Austrian countryside, with vineyards |
The Austrian Heeresgeschichtliches
(Military History) Museum
in Vienna, which may be the largest museum in the world
specially built for that purpose |
Cannons, lots
of cannons
| 
Mortars |
Arches and statuary in the Military History Museum. The statues
commemorate famous Austrian military figures. |
Grand interiors
in the museum |
Murals |
Wheel-lock
pistol |
Light infantry |
Light infantry.
Different uniforms indicate different units or parts of the country. |
Light infantry |
Officer's armor
with light infantry
|
Light infantry |
Light infantry
|
Maces, axes, daggers, recurved bows and a shield - captured from the
Turks, c. 1680 |
An Islamic officer's
mail shirt and gear |
Mail close-up detail |
Mail closure detail
|
Partisans and swords |
Austrian grenades
|
This mortar fired a shot which landed in and destroyed a Turkish powder
magazine |
Wheel-lock
muskets. Short muskets were used by cavalry.
|
Sabers |
Shipbuilder's
model of a Danube "river monitor" warship. Construction began in
1917. |
Mail cape, also called a Bishop's mantle, 1500-1550 |
Another view of
the mail cape, 1500-1550 |
The following photos are
all from the armory in Graz, the Landeszeughaus ...
|
Three-quarter armors |
Light cavalry
officer
|
Three-quarter armor with burgonet helmets |
Articulated
cuirasses |
Morions and peascod breasplates |
Lobstertail
helmets
|
Three-quarter armor for heavy cavalry, attributed to Hans Prenner, 1600
- 1635 |
Three-quarter
armor
with barred burgonet |
Heavy cavalry armor |
Hussar armor
with Hungarian-style
helmet, articulated cuirass and mail shirt |
Three-quarter armors |
Armor by
Sebastian Schmid, c. 1555 |
Three-quarter armors with burgonet helmets |
Cabassets
|
Wheel-locks |
Wheel-locks
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Wheel-locks |
Horse barding,
from the school of Konrad Seusenhofer, 1505 - 1510 |
Jousting armor in the Italian style, 1570-1580 |
Maximillian
field armor, c. 1520. Seven of these armors were recorded in the
armory's 1557 inventory. |
Morion |
Cuirass
|
Morning stars |
Halberds.
To preserve them, the attendants turn them once every 75 years.
|
Partisans |
Three-quarter
armors with burgonet helmets
|
Shiny bits |
Swords
|
Sword grip detail |
Two-handed swords
used to break up pike squares. The "Doppelsöldner" (Double
mercenary) was paid half at the start of a campaign and the other half
if he lived. These shields were designed as a defense against firearms. |
Shield grip reconstructed from the originals (Thanks for the photo, Dan) |
Rivet detail on
the front of the shield. Note the firearm proofing mark just below
and to the right of the central boss.
|
Two-handed sword made in southern Germany, c. 1600 |
Sabers
|
Warhammers, a mace and swords |
A closer view
of the warhammers and
mace
|
Shield grip detail |
Shields and
swords
|
Burgonet padding |
The padding is
stitched to a leather band riveted to the helmet
|
Burgonet padding |
Match-locks
|
Mail sleeve |
Leg armor with
sabatons
|
Close helm and full armor |
Full armor |
Burgonets, one barred and one spiked |
Mail detail
|
Armor for a Hussar, with
Hungarian-style helmet |
Mail decoration
- gilded |
Iron Man or the Rocketeer, we're not sure which |
Cannon |
Crossbow, with cranequin (winder) and bolt
| 
Plug bayonets,
1704-1705, useful when reloading took a while
|
Cavalry officer |
Rack of 280 wheel-lock pistols. Worth a fortune by itself. |
Light cavalry
officer
|
Really light infantry |
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