Lot 118
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A POLISH HUSSAR'S WINGED ZICHÄGGE with hemispherical one-pice skull embossed with radiating ribs, and with pierced finial centring on a flat rosette, neck-guard of three upward-lapping lames, the bottom one decorated with a circle of domed rivets, the main edges turned inwards and bordered by similar rivets, pointed fixed fall pierced for a flat nasal with crowned-shaped upper end, held by a wing-screw, most parts struck inside with assembly marks, and riveted to the sides of the skull bat-like iron wings with heart- and drop-shaped piercings (cheek-pieces missing), early 18th Century

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A POLISH HUSSAR'S WINGED ZICHÄGGE with hemispherical one-pice skull embossed with radiating ribs, and with pierced finial centring on a flat rosette, neck-guard of three upward-lapping lames, the bottom one decorated with a circle of domed rivets, the main edges turned inwards and bordered by similar rivets, pointed fixed fall pierced for a flat nasal with crowned-shaped upper end, held by a wing-screw, most parts struck inside with assembly marks, and riveted to the sides of the skull bat-like iron wings with heart- and drop-shaped piercings (cheek-pieces missing), early 18th Century
11in. high

Lot Essay

Zischägges of this form, known in Poland as the 'Pappenheimer' type were introduced in the early 18th Century. See A. Nadolski, 'Ancient Polish Arms and Armour. Pt.II, J.A.A.S., p.181, pl.L113; Z. Zygulski, Bron w Dawnej Polsce, 1975, pl.161

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