The Weapons in 3D from the Collection of the Lviv Historical Museum

We offer for viewing 15 digitized in 3D format samples of cold and fire weapons and armors from the funds of the Lviv Historical Museum

Museum-Arsenal - 3D tour

3D tour of the "Museum-Arsenal" department of the Lviv Historical Museum, where  are exhibited more than 600 samples of weapons and armors from the more than 4.6 thousand collection of weapons of the Lviv Historical Museum

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Cold weapons and armors

In the weapons collection of the Lviv Historical Museum, out of 4,600 pieces of weapons, more than 3,400 are monuments of cold weapons and armors. Some of them are presented in 3D format.

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Stiletto (1615/1650) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

A German Stiletto of the XVII century

Stiletto is a small dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point. The wave blade may evoke in museum visitors the idea of "feminine cunning."

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Sports Crossbow (1810/1830) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Sports Cossbow, made in the early XIX century

 The crossbow tiller is decorated with two images of monsters with a dog's head and snake's body and numerous rectangular and round insertions of different sizes and undulating ornaments.

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Court Sword (1780/1790) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

The Court Sword made during the reign of King Louis XVI

This type of weapon quickly replaced traditional swords. Court Swords (or Rapiers) were easier to fight with, and, at the same time, they served as a symbol of high status.

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Mace (1620/1650) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Mace of the XVI century from Poland

The mace is a cold, blunt weapon used to deliver powerful strikes and a symbol of power in some countries.  It is impressively decorated: the mace is finished with precious stones and gold.

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Shield (1630/1670) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Shield of the XVII century comes from Crimea

The shield is made of vines by an unknown Tatar craftsman. Later, it was decorated by Lviv master-jewelers.

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Reiter’s armour (1680/1695) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Reiter's protective armor of the late XVII century

Reiters (from German – "rider") were mercenary heavily armed cavalry. The armour consists of a breastplate, backplate, spaulders, arm protection and a helmet. 

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Helmet "morion" (1540/1570) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

German "morion" helmet of the XVI century

Morion is a Renaissance type of open helmet for infantry. Its design allowed soldiers to aim better when firing. 

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Helmet “burgonet” (1870/1880) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Italian "burgonet" helmet of the XIX century

The ceremonial Italian helmet of the "burgonet" type combines the spirit of the Middle Ages and Antiquity. The original of the XVI century is deposited in the Vienna Imperial Zeichhaus in Austria. 

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Fire weapon in the collection of the Lviv Historical Museum

About 1,200 pieces of fire weapons in the museum show their evolution from ancient times to the present day. A small part of this collection can be viewed in 3D format

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Leonard Gerle’s Canon (1544/1572) by Leonard GerleLviv Historical Museum

Leonard Gerle’s Canon of the mid-XVI century

In 1544 a master founder named Leonard Gerle arrived in Lviv from the Bavarian city of Nuremberg. For 28 years, the master made cannons, cannonballs, bullets of various calibres.  The cannon you see was cast in the middle of the 16th century.

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Flintlock Riffle (1710/1750) by UnknownLviv Historical Museum

Flintlock Riffle from XVI century India

The rifle has a shock flintlock mechanism, resembling the Spanish-Moorish type: the flint is straight; the trigger is ornamented.  Such rifles are called blunderbuss (calibre 34,4 mm), and this particular one came from East India. 

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Revolver (1852/1853) by Eugene LefaucheuxLviv Historical Museum

Revolver Eugene Lefaucheux's system

It was made in Paris in the second half of the 50s of the 19th century.  The French army adopted the 1853 model of this revolver.  The weapon is decorated with etched floral ornaments.

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Hunting Rifle (1712/1727) by Master Peter Paul HeffeleLviv Historical Museum

Hunting Rifle from beginning of the XVIII century

The creator of this rifle, Peter Paul Heffele, worked in Prague from the end of the 17th century. In 1712-1719 he was a master of the so-called of the Werner manufactory, where he sporadically produce rifles with his signature. The last mention in the documents refers to 1727.

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Light Machine Gun (1930/1930) by ZB (Zbrojovka Brno)Lviv Historical Museum

Light Machine Gun ZB vz. 26/30

Light hand-held machine gun of the interwar period. Made in Czechoslovakia  (Zbrojovka Brno). Model of 1926, modification of 1930. Calibre 7.92 mm, length 1 m 18 cm, weight - 9 kg. 

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Machine Gun (1908/1915) by DWM (German Weapons and Munitions public ltd co.)Lviv Historical Museum

Machine Gun Maschinengewehr 08/15

German Maschinengewehr machine gun - adaptation in 1915 of the MG08 model. Caliber 7.92 mm, length - 1 m 40 cm, weight - almost 18 kg.

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Pistol Walther P38 (1938/1938) by Carl Walther GmbHLviv Historical Museum

Pistol Walther P38

German pistol Walther P38, model of 1938. Calibre 9 mm, length 215 mm, barrel length 125 mm, weight without cartridges - almost 800 g. 

Museum of the Liberation Struggle of Ukraine - 3D tour

 Video of a 3D tour of the Museum of the Liberation Struggle of Ukraine, which presents a large part of fireweapons from the funds of the Lviv Historical Museum, mainly from the first half of the 20th century.

Credits: Story

Author of the exhibition: Ruslan Koshiv, 
head of the promotion department of the Lviv Historical Museum
3D models - Skeiron

Translation: Victoria Mackovich
Assisted by: Taras Rak, Andriy Prokip

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