A GERMAN SPORTING CROSSBOW with slender steel bow retained by its original cords, original string of twisted cord, and original red woollen tassels (three detached), wooden tiller of light coloured wood (wormed), staghorn bolt-channel (fore-sight missing), butt-plate and bolt-clip, small iron stirrup, folding adjustable back-sight, trigger-lever bound with original red woollen cord and tassel, swivel safety-catch, and set trigger, early 18th Century