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THE FIRST IN EARLY 16TH CENTURY STYLE; THE SECOND EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN HALBERD; AND A GERMAN DOLOIRE
The first in early 16th Century style; the second early 17th Century
The first with head of two-piece construction with straight cutting- edge, flat fluke boldly struck with a mark, stout central spike and separate socket extending to a pair of long straps: on wooden staff; the second with broad drop-shaped blade and socket with low pean, the blade decorated with a characteristic arrangement of punched and incised decorative marks, boldly struck with a mark three times, an ear of wheat or fir tree, and with the maker's mark SF: on later staff
21in (53,3cm) and 17 7/8 in (45,5cm) heads (2)
The first in early 16
The first with head of two-piece construction with straight cutting- edge, flat fluke boldly struck with a mark, stout central spike and separate socket extending to a pair of long straps: on wooden staff; the second with broad drop-shaped blade and socket with low pean, the blade decorated with a characteristic arrangement of punched and incised decorative marks, boldly struck with a mark three times, an ear of wheat or fir tree, and with the maker's mark SF: on later staff
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