(commercial use of the pictures is prohibited by the museum)
pic 1: early 18th century crossbows
pic 2: crossbow bolts
pic 3: cranequin
pic 4: bolt tips
pic 1, behind the armour and crossbow is a rare 15th century
pavese, south Germany.
pic 3 shows a hunting stone bow or "klootkruisboog"
Sabatons, and crossbow sideview
a stone bow for hunting, close-up of release mechanism
detail of heavy crossbow windlass