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198<br />
A GERMAN HALBERD, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH<br />
CENTURY<br />
with tapering spike of rectangular section, very slightly<br />
curved forward leaning axe-blade pierced with three large<br />
rondels, triangular rear fluke pierced with a slipped figureof-eight<br />
pattern, triangular socket, and a pair of long straps,<br />
on a wooden haft with a further pair of steel straps<br />
48.2cm; 19in head<br />
£450-550<br />
199<br />
A GERMAN HALBERD, MID-16TH CENTURY<br />
with two-stage spike, the upper portion of diamond section<br />
and the lower of hollow-triangular section, forward leaning<br />
curved axe-blade pierced with three groups of circles,<br />
triangular rear fluke pierced with a vertical arrangement of<br />
circles, tapering socket, and fitted with a pair of later straps,<br />
on a later wooden haft incorporating and early section at<br />
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the top (the head and straps pitted, haft wormed)<br />
57.8cm; 22N in head<br />
£300-400<br />
200<br />
A SOUTH GERMAN HALBERD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY<br />
with leaf-shaped central blade formed with a medial ridge<br />
and drawn in at the base, a pair of short basal lugs, small<br />
curved axe-blade formed with a pair of rounded lugs, flat<br />
rear fluke stamped with a fleur-de-lys mark on one side and<br />
with an up-turned lug at the top, tapering faceted socket,<br />
and a pair of straps (the straps with an early repairs, the<br />
head lightly cleaned), on a later wooden haft<br />
47.2cm; 18K in head<br />
A number of decorated halberds of this form are preserved<br />
in the Landezeughaus, Graz. See P. Krenn 1997, pp. 52-3.<br />
£700-900
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