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Topic: Guess where from are those guys Posted: 16-Oct-2004 at 14:01 |
Guess where from and from which century are those guys:
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Posted: 16-Oct-2004 at 14:46 |
Seems to be easy...
BTW Are you now in Mongolia ?
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 15:34 |
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Seems to be easy...
BTW Are you now in Mongolia ?
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Nah, picked mongol flag just for fun.
I know exactly from which century and country they are. Tell me what do you think
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 15:52 |
XVII century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 15:54 |
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XVII yes.
they are not from Poland/Lithuania. In fact before i found those pictures i thought that "koncerz" was a weapon unique and used only in Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 15:58 |
Hmm..so some neighbouring country..most probably Transylvania
koncerz have come to Poland from Hungary..and to Hungary from Turkey..ops..from Ottomans..
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 16:01 |
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Hmm..so some neighbouring country..most probably Transylvania
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Your next try was logic but those 2 guys are not from Transylvania or Hungary.
And i belive that Pole or Lithuanian would wear leopard skin only on armour.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 16:08 |
OK let say in general they are from Balkans, however they are not typicall formation for Moldovia nor for Vallachia (other dress, cap and lack of beard)
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Posted: 19-Oct-2004 at 16:16 |
Ok here is an answer.
Few days ago i have found site from which i took those 2 pictures (unfortunatelly i didnt bookmark it and cant find now). These are the pictures of Croat military painter and they show famous or infamous Croat mercenaries from the times of 30 years war. I have found there info that Habsburgs hired lots of them and that they were well known for their courage, horsemanship and cruelty. In case if they were captured they were never released but always imidatelly executed.
If there, for example was a treaty that defeated army and leave besieged city or fortress, it has never included Croats, who were being murdered.
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Posted: 09-Jul-2007 at 19:54 |
Originally posted by Mosquito
Few days ago i have found site from which i took those 2 pictures (unfortunatelly i didnt bookmark it and cant find now). |
I'm not a huge fan of thread resurrection, but in case anyone finds it interesting:
http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/fotogallery/povjesne_odore/fotogallery.html
It's a gallery, so i hope that Croatian language won't be much of an obstacle. After all, years are still readable :)
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