The Battle of Marston Moor was held on 2 July 1644 near York and was one of the decisive battles of the English Civil War.
Category: Military
The Schaller. Helmet and neck cover from the 15th century.
Gothic armor. This iron helmet, also called the Schaller or Salade. Helmet and neck cover (beard hood) from the 15th century. Characteristic is its streamlined shape.
Imperial Herald and Lansquenet 1510-1550, by Hans Holbein.
Imperial Herald from the first half of the 16th century. Colored pen drawings by Hans Holbein. Garb of the common lansquenets.
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Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles.
Roland at the Battle of Roncesvalles.
Garde royal. Grenadier à Cheval. 2e Régiment 1825.
The Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde impériale were a regiment of heavy cavalry belonging to the Garde impériale of the First Empire.
Light infantry of the Imperial Guard (Napoleon 1st, 1809).
Infanterie légère de la Garde Impériale (Napoléon 1er,1809). Voltigeur. Carabinier.
Renaissance helmets of the 15th century.
Museum Armeria real de Madrid, Spain. Capeline – Morion, Casque à visière et autres’ (Capeline Helmet, Morion Helmet, Visor Helmets).
United States Army and Navy uniforms in 1889.
United States Army and Navy uniforms in 1889.
Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France 1570.
Garde du Roi, Corps des 200 Gentilshommes. Guard of the king. The Corps of the 200 Gentlemen. France Military 1570.
Timbalier, Horse drummer. (XVIIth century). Reign of Louis XIV.
Timbalier, Tambour à Cheval. (XVIIe siècle). Règne de Louis XIV. Gravure extraite de l’ouvrage de H. Gourdon de Genouillac.