Baron Hans Kometer (1850–1925) owned the Pukštajn (Puchenstein) mansion near Dravograd as the last male representative of his family. An amateur historian, he undertook a comprehensive renovation of his home mansion, and he also had the reputation of a great connoisseur and collector of antiques. Through systematic acquisition of diverse objects, especially old arms and armour, Hans created one of the most important private collections of his time in the Slovenian territory. Soon after the baron’s death, his niece and heiress Melita had to file for bankruptcy and sell most of the valuable antiques at an auction, while the weapons collection became the subject of complicated legal disputes. After long-standing efforts and one of the most complex legal episodes involving the National Museum in Ljubljana in that period, the director Dr. Josip Mal finally managed to negotiate a free take-over of the Pukštajn arms and armour collection and importantly enrich the national museum.