Ornate battle maces in iron decorated with gold from the Musee Royal d'Artillerie de Paris (now the Army Museum). French crossbow and cranequin (crank or gear). Massues et Arbalete. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from Jacques Joseph van Beveren’s Costume du Moyen Age, Medieval Costume, Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1847.

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