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Hafted Weapons<br />
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A FINE GERMAN HALBERD, MID-16TH CENTURY<br />
with central spike formed in two stages, the upper of stiffdiamond<br />
section and the lower portion flattened, forward<br />
leaning straight axe-blade pierced with a trefoil, cut with a<br />
pair of cusps top and bottom at the rear, punched with a<br />
series of pellets on each side and stamped with a mark,<br />
triangular rear spike, tapering socket, a pair of wavy straps,<br />
on an early wooden haft fitted with an additional pair of<br />
wavy straps (the lower portion of the haft replaced)<br />
69.5cm; 27G in head<br />
A halberd struck with an identical mark is preserved in the<br />
Royal <strong>Armour</strong>ies, Leeds. See C.J. Ffoulkes 1915, vol. II, 966.<br />
£1400-1800<br />
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A FINE GERMAN HALBERD, MID-16TH CENTURY<br />
with slightly curved forward-leaning axe-blade, inlaid on<br />
each side with a circular arrangement of latten-filled<br />
rondels, tapering central blade formed with a reinforced<br />
back-edge, small rear spike stamped with a halberd-mark<br />
twice on one side and cut with three notches beneath (the<br />
rear with one small crack), and a pair of short straps (one<br />
repaired), on a later wooden haft (shortened)<br />
75.5cm; 29N in head<br />
An etched glaive dated 1551 from the Guard of the<br />
Emperor Ferdinand I and struck with the same mark is<br />
preserved in the Hofjagd-und Rüstkammer, Vienna, inv. no.<br />
A869. A plain halberd of similar date and struck with the<br />
same marks is preserved in the Museum für Deutsche<br />
Geschichte, Berlin, see H.Müller and H.Kölling 1990, no.249.<br />
£800-1000<br />
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