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Lot 90*
A German Or Swiss HalberdMid-16th Century
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,200
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Find your local specialistA German Or Swiss Halberd
Mid-16th Century
Mid-16th Century
With stout spike of stiff diamond section flattened at the base, axe-blade with oblique cutting-edge, curved in above and below, and deeply struck with a mark on one side, beak-shaped fluke cusped above and below, and open socket extended on each side to form two waved or 'flame'-shaped straps (one repaired, some pitting), on later wooden staff of octagonal section
53.3 cm. head
53.3 cm. head
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dr. John Waldman Collection
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 11-13 September 2003, lot 13
Literature:
John Waldman, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ..., 2005, pp. 69 and 73, fig. 69a








