BILL (RONCA) Italy, middle of the 16th century.

Forged iron with etched decoration designed as tendrils and figures. Square spike transitioning into the narrow blade. Top with sickle-shaped hook. Center of the blade with flat spike. Parrying spikes on both sides on the bottom of the blade. Conical socket and two langets. The blade features a scorpion mark. Later wooden shaft.
L 262 cm.

Signs of corrosion. Crack to the base of the sickle-shaped hook. Langets shortened.

Polearm of the Milanese armory active in the 16th century with the scorpion mark, Cf. Le Armi degli Estensi, La collezione di Konopiste, 1986, pp. 99-100, Nos. 783, 761, 791. Boccia/ Coelho, Armi bianche Italiane, 1975, p. 380, Nos. 455-457.