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So last week I was musing about the composition of pre-English Civil War bandoleers in Germany. I have yet to check in withkass_rants friend in England (my bad!), but I did stumble across the following items while strolling through the updated bildindex. The following items are a part of this search string, feel free to check around in there yourself for goodies!

Orte/Deutchland/Dresden/Sammlungen1/Historische Museum/Kunstgewerbe/Waffen/Feuerwaffen...
 

First, the elusive “patch pouch”. I found a couple of items that were used in the late 16^th, early 17^th period for this purpose. This seems to have included these little all-in-one, pouch-and-powder combos:



They are simular to the pouch found in this set (which is like the one in the prior entry, only a much better "close up" view). Only attached directly to the powder flask. Fun!

Next we have the Patronenbüchsen und Aufschüttfläschen. "Patronenbüchsen" is translated to "cartridge case", and I assume that "Aufschüttfläschen" is another name for the round powder flask seen in the upper row of the image:

 

So there seems to be a variety of ways to carry your patch and ball?

Finally, this type of cartridge looks *much* closer to the 'small case' style seen in the German single leaf woodcuts. Given that it was a part of a larger image with a few early (1600-1601) 17th C items, I think we are getting closer to the idea of what German arquebuskers would have carried.

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Why, are those lions head knockers that I see? I have seen these before, used in clothing, specifically as part of an allegorical image of a woman who "tamed her men" as part of her badge of 'dishonor'. I believe I have also seen them used in furniture as decorative bits. It is interesting to see them in use here.

 

I also found these lovely examples of dual vent picks/screwdrivers with combo vent brush (which seems to just be a shorter tassel on these fancy sets).

 

It is such a blast digging around on that website!