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LOT 1018
Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Group
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 - 3 3/4 in. (298 grams total, 77-95 mm).
Comprising eight anti-cavalry caltrops, hand-forged with square-section spikes. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Žákovský, P., ‘Caltrop. Contribution to the knowledge of one neglected weapon’ in Studia Minora Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, M 12-13, 2007-2008, pp.115-132, fig.9, no.6 (type III of Žákovský classification).
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