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The first weapon illustrated is a German rifle of the first half of the seventeenth century. This beautiful weapon is one of several equally valuable found in the Birmingham collection. It is a wheel-lock musket, of which the serpentin resembles the head of a griffin. The stock is richly carved with scroll designs, and the engraving upon the weapon, especially that of the lock-plate, is worthy of the highest commendation, representing a hunting party in chase of a stag. The barrel bears the stamp and name of the maker, I. Georg Dax in München.