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    Default Re: Weaponary of Nusantara

    The result of my visit to Port Dickson:

    This is big Portuguese cannon displayed outside Kota Lukut Museum, found in Port Dickson coastal water in 1993....

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    Portuguese coat-of-arm:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Finn MacCumhail View Post
    BTW, Portuguese standard looks weird with the silver ring. May be it should be smth like this?

    Quote Originally Posted by plutoboyz View Post
    it used from 1495 to 1578
    Well, this is Portuguese Coat of Arm engraved on the cannon:

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    Today, I visited Matang Museum (formerly as Ngah Ibrahim's Fort)..

    1) These are the shield that displayed in the museum:

    a) Rattan shield enforced with brass plates at center and corners
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    b) Smaller brass shield, as being used by soldier in pic:
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    c) Brass shield with crescent and star at the center
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    d) Shield with Jawi script
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    it said:

    "Pahlawan Melayu mempertahankan tanah air yang dikasihi" (Malay warriors defending the beloved homeland") [at corner]

    and:

    "Selamat Berjuang" (Keep fighting) [at center]

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