1BR 
109 IRON COLLARS 
Iron collars which were used to attach the con- 
demned to the pillory. 
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GUNS AND SIDE-ARMS OF THE 19% CENTURY 
Show-case A: Patents of the 2" half of the 19° 
century: percussion-guns, parade swords. Show- 
case B: German, French, Belgian, American and 
Russian revolvers. Show-case C: American (Smith 
and Wesson), Belgian, French and German revolv- 
ars, Jarre-repeating pistol named ”harmonica”. 
Show-case D: Hunting-knives. Show-case E: Fist 
weapons, duel swords. Show-case F: Duel pistols 
and fist weapons (mid-19%® century). Show-case 
G: Pepper-boxes, LeFaucheux-revolver, etc. 
Show-case H: Double-barrelled guns, hunting and 
sport carbines. 
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE 18* AND 
19% CENTURIES 
Weapons and military matters of the time of the 
French Revolution and of the First Empire. History 
of the Luxembourg military affairs of the 18 and 
19% centuries: helmets, uniforms, equipments of 
cuirassiers. English and French guns, as well as 
Prussian, Austrian and French side-arms of the 
Deriod of the First Empire. Sabres and 
oroadswords of the Luxembourg Volunteers 
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FIRE- AND SIDE-ARMS OF THE 18% CENTURY 
Guns with firelocks. Show-case A: Swords from 
the type ”with reduced guard”. Show-case B: 
Dutch, English, etc. pistols, pistols with bayonets. 
Show-case C: Double-barreilled guns, ducking 
guns, blunderbusses. Show-case D: Civil and 
military side-arms. Show-case E: Hunting rifles 
with firelocks (double-barreiled guns, ducking 
guns, etc.). 
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EMPERORS AND KINGS OF THE HOUSE OF 
LUXEMBOURG (13 and 14th centuries) 
Plaster casts of two stone sculptures (representing 
the Emperors Charles IV and Wenceslas II) of the 
Charles Bridge in Prague. Plaster cast of the grave 
slab of Archbishop Peter of Aspelt in the cathedral 
in Mayence. Between the crossbows and the hal- 
berds, law-sword of the city of Luxembourg and 
large battle-swords. Knight’s armour, heimets. 
zulverin, exploding chamber, araquebus. mortar 
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THE DYNASTY OF THE HOUSE OF 
LUXEMBOURG 
Plaster cast of the marble sarcophagus of Henry 
VII, Count of Luxembourg and German Emperor, in 
the cathedral in Pisa. Before the sarcophagus, 
small coffin in which the bones of John the Blind, 
King of Bohemia, were preserved. Busts and en- 
larged seals with the representations of different 
Emperors and Kings of the House of Luxembourg 
and of their wives. 
WEAPONS OF THE 17° AND 18 ' CENTURIES 
Show-case B: Match- and spring-locks, powder 
provers, flints and steels, spurs. Show-case C: 
Guns with firelocks: ducking guns, richly deco- 
rated rifles and pistols, etc. Show-case D: 
Firearms with match-locks, decorated ivory pow- 
der flasks, broad swords and horse-soldier’s 
swords. Show-case E: Weapons of the 
lansauenets, side arms (15 to 17% centuries). 
ORIENTAL AND AMERICAN WEAPONS 
AND OBJECTS 
Weapons from Indonesia, Iran, Japan (Samurai ar- 
mour, firearm with match-lock), the Caucasus and 
Russia. Weapons and adornments of the Indians 
af North and South America. Chinese musical in- 
struments. Chinese snuff-boxes, netsuke, etc. 
Japanese and Anamite coins; Chinese coins and 
talismans. 
THE SCHWARTZ, A LUXEMBOURG 
ARMOURERS’ FAMILY (17 to 20% centuries) 
! uxembourg armourers’ family who manufactured 
firearms from the beginning of the 17® century until 
1930. Guns with match-locks, hunting guns with 
firelocks, drum carbine (LeFaucheux-system), 
percussion guns and carbines, etc. Triple-bar- 
relled hunting gun (”Drilling”). Curiosities from the 
”Schwartz” collection. 
AFRICAN WEAPONS AND OBJECTS 
Weapons from Zaire (axes for hurling, war and 
ceremonial axes, etc.) and the Sudan (knives, 
ceremonial axes, etc.). Side-arms from the Ma- 
ghrib (handjars, koummyas, etc.). Equipment and 
firearms of the Moroccan horsemen.