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Wheel-Lock Carbine from the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg (ruled 1587-1612)

c. 1590–1600
(Zell am Wallersee, active late 1500s–early 1600s)
Austria, Zell, 16th century
steel, wood (walnut) inlaid with staghorn
On Loan from the Collection of Justin Kohn and Family 55.2000
Location: 210A Armor Court
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Raitenau had a fierce dispute with his neighbor Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria; he was eventually captured and imprisoned for life.

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At the beginning of the 1500s the handfire weapon began to change the face of European warfare. a new type of ignition system was invented: the wheel-lock, the first self-igniting mechanism for guns. This new technology was particularly attractive to rich nobleman who commissioned such guns for hunting. Gunmakers lavished all form of embellishment on these firearms: chiseling, engraving, and gilding of the metal parts as well as the use of rare woods for the stock and inlays of horn, bone, and ivory.

Wheel-Lock Carbine from the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Archbishop of Salzburg (ruled 1587-1612)

c. 1590–1600

Georg Zellner

(Zell am Wallersee, active late 1500s–early 1600s)
Austria, Zell, 16th century

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