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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
(by Ah Bee Panda)
Longsword
- Dated: circa 1530
- Place of Origin: probably Switzerland
- Medium: Iron or steel, leather and cord
- Measurements: Length: 101.5 cm; Width: 3.8 cm; Weight: 1.62 kg
The sword is attributed to Itelhans Thumysen (died 1566). It also features an incised mark that resembles Lyon’s bladesmith being possibly the maker’s mark.
Source: © The Wallace Collection
Mortuary Sword
- Dated: mid 17th century
- Culture: Hilt English, blade German
Source: © Royal Armouries
Zug, Switzerland (by armxesde)
A list of ladies I love → Lagertha
“You couldn’t kill me if you tried for a hundred years”
Dagger
- Dated: 17th century (16th century blade)
- Culture: Switzerland and/or France
- Medium: steel and wire; chiseled quillions and pommel
- Measurements: Overall - l:44.30 cm (l:17 7/16 inches) Wt: .46 kg; Quillions - w:9.20 cm (w:3 9/16 inches)
Source: © 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art
Dunseverick Cliffs, Northern Ireland (by frcrossnacreevy)
Utrecht in the mist (by jaclesac)
An Air-raid Warden phones from a shattered booth after a bombing raid in London, 1940 (George Rodger)
A man walks through a destroyed city in Germany looking for food, 1945, by Werner Bischof.
(Source: mrvikkiethecrucian)
Children playing at the Berlin Wall, 1963. (Thomas Hoepker/Magnum Photos)
Viking weapons
