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LOT 1952
Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Group
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (291 grams total, 84-91 mm).
Each hand-forged with square-section spikes, designed so that however the item falls, one spike is always vertical. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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