THE FIRST LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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Two Halberds
The first late 16th/early 17th Century
The first with slender spike of stiff diamond section, strongly crescentic axe-blade and beak-shaped downcurved fluke both with circular piercings, the latter struck on one side with a mark, a cross with the initials 'C(?)O', open socket, four straps, two made separately, and original wooden staff (bottom wormed and incomplete); the second with narrow axe-blade with inward-sloping straight edge, cusped fluke, two straps, and wooden staff
26in. (66.1cm.) and 21in. (55.3cm.) heads (2)
The first late 16th/early 17th Century
The first with slender spike of stiff diamond section, strongly crescentic axe-blade and beak-shaped downcurved fluke both with circular piercings, the latter struck on one side with a mark, a cross with the initials 'C(?)O', open socket, four straps, two made separately, and original wooden staff (bottom wormed and incomplete); the second with narrow axe-blade with inward-sloping straight edge, cusped fluke, two straps, and wooden staff
26in. (66.1cm.) and 21in. (55.3cm.) heads (2)