Medieval Iron Dagger

1450-1550 A.D. Comprising a single-edged blade, rivets for a scale tang; remains of quillon. Cf. Michalak, A., Arma confinii, przemiany pó?no?redniowiecznej broni na rubie?ach ?l?ska, Wielkopolski, Branderburgii i ?u?yc (Arma confinii, transformations of late medieval weapons on the borders of Silesia, Wielkopolska, Brandenburg and Lusatia, in Polish), Zielona Gora, 2019, pl.54, nos.9 and 12, for a similar single-edge dagger.132 grams, 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. This is a weapon rather than a domestic knife, and is depicted as a sidearm for soldiers and knights alike from various iconography. This type of dagger was in use from the 14th to mid 16th century, this example finds similarities with Hauswehrs used in Eastern Europe during the 15th-16th centuries A.D.