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antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar Ltd

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Hafted Weapons<br />

162<br />

A RARE HALBERD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH<br />

CENTURY<br />

with two-stage central spike of stiff diamond section for<br />

the upper portion and flattened at the base, curved axeblade<br />

inlaid with three brass rondels top and bottom and<br />

pierced with a quatrefoil in the centre, triangular rear<br />

spike with reinforced tip, tapering socket fitted with a<br />

quatrefoil-shaped washer and a further shield-shaped<br />

panel on each side, a pair of long straps, on a later<br />

wooden haft<br />

110.8cm; 43Kin head<br />

£1800-2400<br />

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162 163<br />

163<br />

AN ITALIAN SPEAR, MID-16TH CENTURY<br />

cut-down from a spetum, with strongly tapering central<br />

blade of flattened-diamond section, wasted at the base<br />

and formed with a pair of residual lugs, faceted tapering<br />

socket, a pair of short straps with shaped terminals, on an<br />

associated wooden haft with brass-capped fluted studs<br />

121.5cm; 47Nin head<br />

£500-700

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