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LOT 1560

Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Group

13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 - 4 in. (196 grams total, 7.0-10.2 cm).

Each hand-forged with square-section spikes, designed so that however the item falls, one spike is always vertical. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Trapp, Graf, O., & Scalini, M., L'Armeria Trapp di Castel Coira-The Armoury of the Castle of Chuburg-Die Churburger Rustkammer, Fagnana, 1995-1996, p. 297 (vol. 1), for similar medieval German caltrops.

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LOT 1560

Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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