Here are a few pics I took while at the royal palace museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Hurried, so no notes as to details. Taking pics in a dark room of things sitting on glass, through glass, no flash and 1/4 exp. also fun.
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Here are a few pics I took while at the royal palace museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Hurried, so no notes as to details. Taking pics in a dark room of things sitting on glass, through glass, no flash and 1/4 exp. also fun.
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No, holding that venegence upon their enemies was more to be desired than any personal blessings, and reckoning this to be the most glorious of hazards, they joyfully determined to accept the risk... Thus, choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor... Pericles' Funeral Oration
Moving on to Tallinn, Estonia we come to a time when people still took pride in their weapons. This is "Bitter Death" The whole inscription talks about how it slays rich and poor alike, matters not to it. A repro, Russians snagged the original and another of its contemporary pieces to take back to the motherland and stick in a museum.
National Match sights, the early years. Pretty trick for a matchlock.
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No, holding that venegence upon their enemies was more to be desired than any personal blessings, and reckoning this to be the most glorious of hazards, they joyfully determined to accept the risk... Thus, choosing to die resisting, rather than to live submitting, they fled only from dishonor... Pericles' Funeral Oration
Nice pics Joe!
Beautiful firearms!
Sweet and thank you for sharing.
Catherine
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Too bad you couldn't get any range time with those.