Matchstick
| Matchstick | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Polearm |
| Use: | Weapon of war |
| Creation time: | approx. 16th century |
| Working time: | approx. 16th century - 19th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Germany |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Overall length: | approx. 200 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, leather, metal |
| Particularities: | different equipment, blade sizes and shapes |
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The matchstick is an early baroque polearm, a tool and at the same time a rank or status symbol from the 16th century.
use
The spear was part of the equipment of the artillery officers. It is constructed in exactly the same way as a partisan , with the exception of one or two hooks that are attached to the right or left of the spout. These hooks are provided with a clamping device with which you can clamp a glowing fuse. The wearer of the match spear was able to ignite the gun placed under him . The advantage was that you could keep your distance to the gun when firing and that a defensive weapon was immediately available when attacking the gun emplacement. Furthermore, the matchstick was a badge of rank and expressed the position of the officer. After the guns were no longer ignited with a fuse, the spear lost its importance.
See also
literature
- Georg Ortenburg: Weapons and the use of weapons in the age of the cabinet wars . Bernard & Graefe publishing house, 1986, ISBN 978-3-7637-5463-2 .
- Georg Ortenburg: Weapons and the use of weapons in the age of the Landsknechte . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1984, ISBN 978-3-7637-5461-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim: Handbuch der Waffenkunde Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, pages 322, 323 (original 1890), ISBN 978-3-921695-95-1
