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The exercise with targe and rapier: how the soldier must close the visor of his helmet with the targe and the drawn rapier in hand (no. 7), 1618
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The exercise with targe and rapier: how the soldier must close the visor of his helmet (casque) with the targe and the drawn rapier in hand, 1618. Part of the illustrations in: Adam van Breen, De Nassausche Wapen-Handelinge: Korte Onderwijsinge op de figuerlijcke af-beeldinghe belangende 'trecht ghebruyck van al 'tghene een Soldaet noodigh is in het handelen vande Targes met het Rappier, 1618, plate no. 7. Military affairs around 1600.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe exercitie met de targe en rapier: hoe de soldaat het vizier van zijn helm moet sluiten met de targe en de getrokken rapier in de hand (nr. 7), 1618. 1616 - 1618. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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