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LOT 1013

German Socketted Iron Halberd

15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

17 3/4 in. (756 grams, 45 cm).

With square-section body and tapering spike, lateral languets pierced for attachment to the haft, hook to the rear and thick blade with crescent recess, pierced.

Provenance

Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s.
European art market before the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. similar in the Tower Armouries Collection, Leeds, under accession no.VII.1534.

CONDITION

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LOT 1013

German Socketted Iron Halberd

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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