A GERMAN HORSEMAN'S HAMMER with slender head comprising chamfered hammer with rectangular face and beak-like fluke (point missing) of stiff diamond section (belt hook missing), slender steel haft (slightly bent) of rectangular section, decorated with stamped circles and notches, root-wood grip (slightly damaged) stamped with repeated S's and set between a circular hand-guard with flat upturned belt hook, and mushroom-shaped pommel engraved with radiating lines, 16th Century; and another, of nadziak type, with head of exceptional size, comprising slender hammer-head and pointed fluke (cracked) of square section with chamfered edges, decorated with raised mouldings and a few stamped sprays of foliage, hammer of flattened pyramid shape, short spike mounted on a ball, socket with central roped moulding, and wooden haft, 18th/19th Century

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A GERMAN HORSEMAN'S HAMMER with slender head comprising chamfered hammer with rectangular face and beak-like fluke (point missing) of stiff diamond section (belt hook missing), slender steel haft (slightly bent) of rectangular section, decorated with stamped circles and notches, root-wood grip (slightly damaged) stamped with repeated S's and set between a circular hand-guard with flat upturned belt hook, and mushroom-shaped pommel engraved with radiating lines, 16th Century; and another, of nadziak type, with head of exceptional size, comprising slender hammer-head and pointed fluke (cracked) of square section with chamfered edges, decorated with raised mouldings and a few stamped sprays of foliage, hammer of flattened pyramid shape, short spike mounted on a ball, socket with central roped moulding, and wooden haft, 18th/19th Century
19¼in. and 36in. (2)

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