Styrian halberd, Austria, circa 1600
Long, slightly bent thrusting spike. Convex axe blade decorated with pierced dots and semicircular marks. Opposing, sturdy fluke with three pierced dots at the root, smith's mark on the right side. Angular socket with two langets, two reinforcing bands and a square shoe. Surfaces pitted, right langet broken (missing), left langet with two cracks. Original, octagonal ash haft, shortened, with some worm damage at the root. Length 186 cm.
Provenance: From a Vienna private collection.
355414
Condition: II - III
Long, slightly bent thrusting spike. Convex axe blade decorated with pierced dots and semicircular marks. Opposing, sturdy fluke with three pierced dots at the root, smith's mark on the right side. Angular socket with two langets, two reinforcing bands and a square shoe. Surfaces pitted, right langet broken (missing), left langet with two cracks. Original, octagonal ash haft, shortened, with some worm damage at the root. Length 186 cm.
Provenance: From a Vienna private collection.
355414
Condition: II - III
