A HALBERD, GERMAN OR SWISS; AND AN AXE The first circa 1530-50; the second 17 t h/18 t h Century The first with axe-blade pierced with quatrefoil and formed with oblique straight cutting-edge, flat rear fluke with cusped rear edges top and bottom, stout central spike of stiff diamond section and boldly struck with a mark on one side at the neck, and open socket extending to a pair of long straps: on its original staff (the lower 14 i n replaced), studded with domed nails at the top and struck three times with an arsenal mark; and the second with heavy head formed with a convex edge on a long curved socketed neck, and punched with a falchion device on one side: on later staff 20½ i n (52,1cm) and 11 i n (28cm) heads (2)
A HALBERD, GERMAN OR SWISS; AND AN AXE The first circa 1530-50; the second 17 t h/18 t h Century The first with axe-blade pierced with quatrefoil and formed with oblique straight cutting-edge, flat rear fluke with cusped rear edges top and bottom, stout central spike of stiff diamond section and boldly struck with a mark on one side at the neck, and open socket extending to a pair of long straps: on its original staff (the lower 14 i n replaced), studded with domed nails at the top and struck three times with an arsenal mark; and the second with heavy head formed with a convex edge on a long curved socketed neck, and punched with a falchion device on one side: on later staff 20½ i n (52,1cm) and 11 i n (28cm) heads (2)
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