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Turkish sabre. Early 18th century. Turkish sabre. Early 18th century. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Swedish infantry and cavalry swords. Swedish infantry (1) and cavalry (2,3) swords. Germany. Early 18th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Swedish infantry and cavalry swords. Swedish infantry (1,2) and cavalry (3) swords. Middle 17th and early 18th centuries. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

The sword of Peter I. Olonetz, Russia. 1711. The sword of Peter I. Olonetz, Russia. 1711. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Russian, Danish and Swedish backswords. Russian (1), Danish (2) and Swedish (3) backswords. Early 18th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Russian partisan and halberd. Russian partisan (1) and halberd (2). Late 17th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Russian officer’s fusil bayonet. Russian officer’s fusil bayonet. Early 18th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Hand mortars. Late 17th century. Hand mortars. Late 17th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.


Hand mortar, grenade, and powder flask. Hand mortar, grenade, and powder flask. Early 18th century. Poltava Battle Museum.

Blunderbuss and boarding axe. Blunderbuss and boarding axe. Early 18th century. Poltava Battle Museum.

Cavalry wheellock pistols. Cavalry wheellock pistols. Germany. Late 17th century. The Kremlin Armoury, Moscow.

Swedish flintlock muskets. Swedish flintlock muskets. Early 18th century. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Swedish flintlock pistol. Swedish flintlock pistol. 17th century. Museum Ryttmästarbostället, Skövde, Sweden.

Swedish pistols. Swedish pistols. Late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Swedish musket and pistol. Swedish musket and pistol. Late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Swedish pistol’s flintlock mechanism. Swedish pistol’s flintlock mechanism. Early 18th century. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Swedish musket’s wheellock mechanism. Swedish musket’s wheellock mechanism. Late 17th century. The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Cold steel and firearms. Cold steel and firearms. Late 17th and early 18th centuries. Poltava Regional Museum.

Russian 3 pounder gun. Russian 3 pounder gun. Early 18th century. Poltava Battle Museum.

Russian 4 pounder gun. Russian 4 pounder gun. Early 18th century. Poltava Battle Museum.

Russian 24 pounder guns. Russian 24 pounder guns. Early 18th century. The Monument to Glory, commemorating the Battle of Poltava.

Russian mortars. Russian mortars. Early 18th century. Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, St. Petersburg.

Swedish guns. Swedish guns. Early 18th century.The Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.

Russian mortar. Russian mortar. Early 18th century. Poltava Battle Museum.
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