BURGONET
German, ca. 1580.
Iron, in part blackened, one-piece skull with tall comb. Skull and cheek pieces with original brass rosettes.
H ca. 32 cm.
A beautifully-designed and very well-preserved burgonet, of the type also used in the Swiss Confederacy, high-quality ironwork. Cf. Gessler: Waffensammlung Schweiz. Landesmuseum 1928, Plate 24.
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German, ca. 1580.
Iron, in part blackened, one-piece skull with tall comb. Skull and cheek pieces with original brass rosettes.
H ca. 32 cm.
A beautifully-designed and very well-preserved burgonet, of the type also used in the Swiss Confederacy, high-quality ironwork. Cf. Gessler: Waffensammlung Schweiz. Landesmuseum 1928, Plate 24.