Defensive Weapon Collection (page 4)

Antique catapult: weapon of war designed to throw arrows - engraving 19th century
PCT4287379 Antique catapult: weapon of war designed to throw arrows - engraving 19th century -; (add.info.: Antique catapult)

Engraving of 17th Century Pikeman
3056352 Engraving of 17th Century Pikeman; Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Early 17th Century engraving of a Pikeman wearing armor); © Don Troiani

Revolver by J. Deane of King William Street, London. Engraving from 'The Mechanics Magazine', London, 1862
2602837 Revolver by J. Deane of King William Street, London. Engraving from 'The Mechanics Magazine', London, 1862; (add.info.: Revolver by J. Deane of King William Street, London)

Two policemen in the act of drawing the sword, and a third who pretends to be a peacemaker, 1930
3571276 Two policemen in the act of drawing the sword, and a third who pretends to be a peacemaker, 1930; Alinari Archives, Florence

U.S. Model1822 flintlock musket with bolster conversion to percussion
3028755 U.S. Model1822 flintlock musket with bolster conversion to percussion; Private Collection; (add.info.: United States Civil War, U.S)

Romanesque art: Saint holding a sword and a Bible. Painting on wood, Catalan art 12th-13th century (painting on wood)
AIS5385668 Romanesque art: Saint holding a sword and a Bible. Painting on wood, Catalan art 12th-13th century (painting on wood); Museo Episcopal de Vic, Osona, Catalonia, Spain; © Iberfoto

The Love Books of Ovid: Love, with flushed cheeks, holds in her frail arms the amphora of Bacchus (colour litho)
5224211 The Love Books of Ovid: Love, with flushed cheeks, holds in her frail arms the amphora of Bacchus (colour litho) by Bosschere, Jean de (1878-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love)

A trebuchet
5308080 A trebuchet.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a trebuchet - a war engine for projecting missiles. Dated 17th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Mangonel catapult
5308079 A Mangonel catapult.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Mangonel catapult, used to hurl missiles at an enemy from Roman times until the days of efficient guns. Dated 19th century)

A trebuchet
5308075 A trebuchet.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a trebuchet - a war engine for projecting missiles. Dated 17th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ceremony of the Gna Lung, tooth extraction in the aboriginal peoples of Australia
JAB4121363 Ceremony of the Gna Lung, tooth extraction in the aboriginal peoples of Australia.; (add.info.: Ceremony of the Gna Lung)

Human sacrifice in New Zealand. Engraving 1834
JAB4120795 Human sacrifice in New Zealand. Engraving 1834; (add.info.: Human sacrifice in New Zealand. Engraving 1834); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Warrior of New Caledonia. Engraving 1834
JAB4121275 Warrior of New Caledonia. Engraving 1834; (add.info.: Warrior of New Caledonia. Engraving 1834); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Residents of VANIKORO, Melanesia Island (east of the Solomon Islands), Oceania
JAB4121265 Residents of VANIKORO, Melanesia Island (east of the Solomon Islands), Oceania.; (add.info.: Residents of VANIKORO, Melanesia Island (east of the Solomon Islands)

Representation of a knight of the Order of the Templars, which offers a complete representation of the Norman armor
FLO4708038 Representation of a knight of the Order of the Templars, which offers a complete representation of the Norman armor

Valentine's Day greeting card: garland of flowers with pierce heart and hearts strips
IMB4827406 Valentine's Day greeting card: garland of flowers with pierce heart and hearts strips, 19th century (chromolithograph); © Imagebroker

Young girl in Cupid's costume with ice skates, and a bow with an arrow. Red tone photography, 1915
IMB4933492 Young girl in Cupid's costume with ice skates, and a bow with an arrow. Red tone photography, 1915; (add.info.: Young girl in Cupid's costume with ice skates)

Woman in Cupid with Bow and Arrows, Photography around 1915
IMB4936585 Woman in Cupid with Bow and Arrows, Photography around 1915; (add.info.: Woman in Cupid with Bow and Arrows, Photography around 1915); © Imagebroker

Kurdish warrior - Kurdish man with musket and powder horn, wearing a distinctive hat, tunic and pantaloons
FLO4724267 Kurdish warrior - Kurdish man with musket and powder horn, wearing a distinctive hat, tunic and pantaloons, another man smoking a pipe wearing a turban - Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier

Kalmouk (western mongol) - Kalmyk man with spear, bow, and quiver of arrows - Handcoloured woodcut by L
FLO4724164 Kalmouk (western mongol) - Kalmyk man with spear, bow, and quiver of arrows - Handcoloured woodcut by L. Delelie from " Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie

Prince Kabardin (Caucasus) - Kabard prince, Circassian people, wearing helmet, chain-mail tunic, tabard, skirt
FLO4723992 Prince Kabardin (Caucasus) - Kabard prince, Circassian people, wearing helmet, chain-mail tunic, tabard, skirt, and trousers

Roman slingers with slingshot and stones. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "
FLO4704670 Roman slingers with slingshot and stones. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Roman soldiers in leather armour carrying shields. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's
FLO4704617 Roman soldiers in leather armour carrying shields. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Two Etruscan warriors in mortal combat with daggers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's
FLO4703605 Two Etruscan warriors in mortal combat with daggers. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Turkey, Turkish fighter in traditional dress poses in studio with weapons, 1860
LUX4732160 Turkey, Turkish fighter in traditional dress poses in studio with weapons, 1860; (add.info.: Turkey, Turkish fighter in traditional dress poses in studio with weapons)

Turkey, Notable Turkish warrior with his weapons, 1860
LUX4732157 Turkey, Notable Turkish warrior with his weapons, 1860; (add.info.: Turkey, Notable Turkish warrior with his weapons, 1860); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Print shows an actor portraying Yanone Goro sharpening an arrow
2909828 Print shows an actor portraying Yanone Goro sharpening an arrow; (add.info.: Print shows an actor portraying Yanone Goro sharpening an arrow. 1823); Universal History Archive/UIG

Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer's Sword
3056387 Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer's Sword ; Private Collection; (add.info.: World War II, Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer's Sword with scabbard ); © Don Troiani

Costumes of the Tatars of Siberia (Russia): a family from the Saian Mountains and a man and two women from Tomsk
FLO4634467 Costumes of the Tatars of Siberia (Russia): a family from the Saian Mountains and a man and two women from Tomsk

A knight armed with a martel, 1220. He wears a chainmail hauberk, hood, chausses
FLO4678625 A knight armed with a martel, 1220. He wears a chainmail hauberk, hood, chausses, and carries a buckler and martel de fer (war hammer)

A soldier and knight, 1295. Knight in bacinet helmet, gamboised coat hauberk and chausses, elbow plates, with shield
FLO4678336 A soldier and knight, 1295. Knight in bacinet helmet, gamboised coat hauberk and chausses, elbow plates, with shield, lance and sword

De Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1280. Knight in chainmail hauberk and tunic, with knee poleyns, sword
FLO4678324 De Vere, Earl of Oxford, 1280. Knight in chainmail hauberk and tunic, with knee poleyns, sword, lance and shield with coat of arms. From a monument in Hatfield Broadoak church

Design for a dagger sheath designed by Holbein. The characters are a young woman
FLO4675844 Design for a dagger sheath designed by Holbein. The characters are a young woman, a monk and a child who involuntarily accompany Death in the dance

Four Turkish men forging weapons in their workshop, 1890 (print on double-weight paper)
3566840 Four Turkish men forging weapons in their workshop, 1890 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Turkey 1890 ca. Photographer: Albert); Alinari Archives, Florence

The Harbor, Goteborg
3561174 The Harbor, Goteborg by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Goteborg, Sweden 1900-1910 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Masterless Samurai, 1869
1574394 Masterless Samurai, 1869; (add.info.: Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin deflecting arrows with a long-handled sword. Dated 1869); Universal History Archive/UIG

U.S. soldiers of the allied 5th army use their bayonets to probe for mines in the streets of Vergato, Bologna
3562674 U.S. soldiers of the allied 5th army use their bayonets to probe for mines in the streets of Vergato, Bologna by Unknown photographer

"Amerigo Vespucci" ship, Trieste
3562182 "Amerigo Vespucci" ship, Trieste by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Trieste 1954 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Advance guard soldiers on snow skis in a shooting and marching exercise
3568732 Advance guard soldiers on snow skis in a shooting and marching exercise by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Asiago 1920-1930 ca)

Wing shooting world Championship of the "Tiro a Volo Lazio" club in Parioli
3568481 Wing shooting world Championship of the "Tiro a Volo Lazio" club in Parioli, Rome; Ettore Stacchini photographed with military authorities by Unknown photographer

WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object)
7177607 WW2 Volga Tartar Volunteers armshield, c. 1939-45 (object); Private Collection; (add.info.: Volga Tartar Volunteers cloth armshield)

Woodblock engraving depicting a gunner firing a cannon whose elevation had been calculated using a chequered ruler
5309394 Woodblock engraving depicting a gunner firing a cannon whose elevation had been calculated using a chequered ruler fitted with two plumb-bobs; (add.info)

A selection of Eastern edged weapons including Javanese and Indonesian kris, Indian katars, kards and patas
1764820 A selection of Eastern edged weapons including Javanese and Indonesian kris, Indian katars, kards and patas; Private Collection; (add.info)

Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice
5310323 Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice at the Battle of Sempach)

Cawas negre of the Imperiales Ottoman Courier Company. Photography by Charles Lallemand (1826-1904) in " Syria
JEB4930773 Cawas negre of the Imperiales Ottoman Courier Company. Photography by Charles Lallemand (1826-1904) in " Syria, costumes, voyages and landscapes". 1865

Representation of three inhabitants of Tangier: young Jewish woman, Moorish woman and Chellouh (warrior) from Tangier
JAB5037156 Representation of three inhabitants of Tangier: young Jewish woman, Moorish woman and Chellouh (warrior) from Tangier, Morocco

Circassian in armor - Circassian man in helmet, chain mail tunic over skirt
FLO4723960 Circassian in armor - Circassian man in helmet, chain mail tunic over skirt, with plate metal armor on his forearms and shins

Persian man in fur hat, fur-lined jacket, tunic, carrying a cudgel and dagger - Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after
FLO4723856 Persian man in fur hat, fur-lined jacket, tunic, carrying a cudgel and dagger - Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after an illustration by H

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"Defensive Weapon: A Historical Journey through Art and Symbolism" Immerse yourself in the captivating world of defensive weapons as we explore a diverse collection of historical artifacts and imagery. From the majestic Imperial and Royal Crowns of Europe to the intricate public arms of Thetford, Tiverton, Warrington, Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Wisbech, each piece tells a unique story. Transporting us back to 1837, "Crossing the Divide or Thirsty Trappers Making a Rush for the River" depicts an intense scene captured on watercolor paper. The image showcases trappers relying on their defensive weapons while embarking on a daring rush towards the river. During World War II, Winston Churchill became an iconic figure with his machine gun in hand, cigar firmly clenched between his teeth and hat adorning his head. This black-and-white propaganda photograph symbolizes strength and resilience against adversity. Switzerland's coat of arms reveals its cantons' unity through vibrant lithography. Each emblem represents their commitment to defense throughout history - a testament to their unwavering spirit. Education institutions such as Mill Hill School and Merton College Oxford proudly display their mottoes alongside colorful lithographs. These symbols remind us that knowledge is indeed power when it comes to defending one's beliefs. Journey into Birmingham's past with J Westwood's trade card showcasing finely crafted guns and pistols. Engraved with precision, this artifact highlights how weaponry has evolved over time while remaining essential for self-defense. Travel even further back in time with an engraving depicting Vercingetorix surrendering before Julius Caesar at the Siege of Alesia in 52 BC. This powerful image captures both bravery and strategic defense during ancient conflicts. Denstone College embraces symbolism by proclaiming "Lignum Crucis Arbor Scientiae, " reminding students that wisdom can be found within every challenge they face – akin to the strength of a wooden cross.