Latest posts tagged with #WeaponWednesday on Bluesky
circular metal tube laid on top of a detailed leather item
#Weaponwednesday
During our winter clean we found this interesting item in our stores. Can you guess what it is?
#pwrr #militaryhistory #dovercastle #museumstores
For #WeaponWednesday here are some Roman knives from the Mithraem site at London, displayed in the museum there (yes, photographed in my recent holiday!). Of course, they may not have all been *used* as weapons, but any shiv in a storm, as they say.
#RomanSky #Archaeology 🏺
Long before bronze or steel, humans hunted with wood, bone, and stone. Spears like those from Schöningen show we’ve been weaponizing nature for at least 300,000 years.
#PaleoPost #WeaponWednesday #HumanOrigins #StoneAgeSurvivors
For this week's #WeaponWednesday we have chosen a German signal grenade launcher from 1916. The Kleine Granatenwerfer also known as ‘Little Preist’ was first used by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1915. It was an infantry mortar used by the central powers during WWI.
#WWI #FirstWorldWar #Weapon
For #WeaponWednesday here’s a Lewis Gun section of the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, posing in 1915. We are loving their little mascot! Is she a national doll of some sort? Any guesses?
#WW1 #FirstWorldWar #archive #museum #photograph #LestWeForget #doll
#WeaponWednesday this is a cannon ball found after the Battle of Blenheim 1704, one of the major battles during the war of Spanish Succession. The cannon ball was presented to the band of the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales in 1986.
#RRW #history #collection #museum #curio
Weapon Wednesday!
Some of my most popular weapons.
Which one is your favorite?
#lego #dnd #legodnd #legofantasy #dungeonsanddragons #legodungeonsanddragons #weapons #magicweapons #magicitems #greatsword #polearm #axe #hammer #mace #staff #staves #weaponwednesday #attunement #cursed #legoweapons
100 sacrificed Iron Age weapons found "near motorway" in Denmark.
What are those Danish motorists up to?
That was a joke.
#WeaponWednesday 🏺
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Codex picture of warrior
#WeaponWednesday! The weapon most recognized from Mesoamerican warfare is the Macuahuitl a sword made of wood that has obsidian blades embedded in its side.
A pew in Christhurch Priory, England, with a bold warrior carrying sword and buckler fighting a duck
A pew in Christhurch Priory, England, with a bold warrior carrying sword and buckler fighting a duck (or maybe a swan, they are nasty blighters).
#WarriorWednesday #WeaponWednesday #WoodWednesday #MedievalSky
Here's a gift that I don't think you'll want to return: a hyper-focused proton beam that can pierce straight through your enemies! #indieDevHour #weaponWednesday
