A HALBERD with spike of stiff diamond section (tip reduced), oblique edged axe-blade pierced with a trefoil, flat triangular fluke cusped above and below (some damage) and pierced with a slipped trefoil, open socket with brass rosette on each side, and two long side-straps, on later wooden staff (repaired) studded with nails at the top, German or Swiss, early 16th Century

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A HALBERD with spike of stiff diamond section (tip reduced), oblique edged axe-blade pierced with a trefoil, flat triangular fluke cusped above and below (some damage) and pierced with a slipped trefoil, open socket with brass rosette on each side, and two long side-straps, on later wooden staff (repaired) studded with nails at the top, German or Swiss, early 16th Century
22½in. head

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