Polearms, from left to right:
1. Venetian poleaxe, ca. 1500-1510
2. Italian halberd, ca. 1500-1540
3. French or German halberd, ca. 1540-1560
5. Austrian halberd for the bodyguard of the Archduke of Inner Austria (and later emperor) Ferdinand II, ca. 1596
Foreground: German or Austrian (possibly Innsbruck) close helmet, ca. 1510
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Two war hammers and an axe, from right to left:
15. German war hammer, ca. 1490-1510
16. German war hammer, ca. 1500-1530
17. German horseman’s axe, ca. 1500-1525
Housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Phot. December 2019
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Three maces:
1. German, ca. 1480-1500
2. Italian or Spanish, ca. 1530-1550
3. German, ca. 1550
Housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Phot. December 2019
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German crossbow, ca. 1460-1490. Comprised of steel, horn, bone, birch, cherry wood and hemp fiber.
Housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Phot. December 2019
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Bollock Dagger, Northern European, ca. 1450-1500, ~14 in.
Housed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Phot. December 2019
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Statue of Artemis and Dog
Mid 2nd century CE
Roman copy of the 4th century BCE Greek Colonna Artemis
Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Taken June 2016
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The famous Laocoön Group (or Laocoön and His Sons), Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Made between 200 BCE and 80 CE, and unearthed in 1506
About 6′7″ high
Taken June 2016
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Steel torso armor and helmet of unspecified origin and age
Possibly German Lobster-Tail Burgonet () and composite anima armor, 16th century
Housed at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy
Taken June 2016
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Mace, Italian, 16th or early 17th century
Housed at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy
Taken June 2016
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Skulls of Pleistocene animals - cave bear, hell pig and smilodon - housed at Illinois Central College
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Two separate Wheellock Puffer Pistols for the mounted bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony, made by Abraham Dressler, Dresden, Germany, ca. 1589.
Housed at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Sword and dagger (with scabbard and sheath) for an officer in the bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony. Dresden, Germany, ca. 1580. Silver mountings attributed to Wolf Paller and Urban Schneeweiss.
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