A German crossbow cranequin, 1st half of the 16th century Gearbox of forged iron with bevelled edges and brass inlaid tracery on one side. Strong toothed rack with a chiselled string claw and a riveted belt hook. Later braided lashing on the side. S-shaped curved crank arm with the original wooden handle. Length 36 cm. historic, historical, 16th century, crossbow, crossbows, distance weapon, weapons, object, objects, clipping, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs,

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Keywords: 16th, century, clipping, cranequin, crossbow, crossbows, cut, cut-, cut-outs, distance, german, object, objects, weapon, weapons