A WAR-HAMMER (OBUCH) with head of square section comprising hammer with flanged chamfered face and robust downcurved beak-like fluke, its tip bent up, inlaid throughout with strips of brass engraved with arabesques, and wooden haft (cracked) of circular section pierced for a thong, 17th Century, probably Polish; a horseman's hammer in 15th Century style, with four-pronged head struck twice with a mark, robust beak-shaped fluke, four straps and wooden haft carved with initials; and an iron seven flanged mace in 16th Century style, the haft decorated with longitudinal bands of foliage

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A WAR-HAMMER (OBUCH) with head of square section comprising hammer with flanged chamfered face and robust downcurved beak-like fluke, its tip bent up, inlaid throughout with strips of brass engraved with arabesques, and wooden haft (cracked) of circular section pierced for a thong, 17th Century, probably Polish; a horseman's hammer in 15th Century style, with four-pronged head struck twice with a mark, robust beak-shaped fluke, four straps and wooden haft carved with initials; and an iron seven flanged mace in 16th Century style, the haft decorated with longitudinal bands of foliage
The first 33in. (3)

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