A POLISH HUSSAR'S WINGED ZISCHÄGGE with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with radiating ribs, and with pierced finial centering on a flat rosette, neck-guard of four upward-lapping lames, the main edges turned inwards and bordered by domed rivets, pointed fixed fall pierced for the flat nasal with leaf-shaped upper end, held by a wing screw, pierced single-plate cheek-pieces (detached), and bat-like iron wings with heart- and drop-shaped piercings riveted to the sides of the skull (surface rust overall), early 18th Century | Christie's

Lot 167

167

A POLISH HUSSAR'S WINGED ZISCHÄGGE with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with radiating ribs, and with pierced finial centering on a flat rosette, neck-guard of four upward-lapping lames, the main edges turned inwards and bordered by domed rivets, pointed fixed fall pierced for the flat nasal with leaf-shaped upper end, held by a wing screw, pierced single-plate cheek-pieces (detached), and bat-like iron wings with heart- and drop-shaped piercings riveted to the sides of the skull (surface rust overall), early 18th Century

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A POLISH HUSSAR'S WINGED ZISCHÄGGE with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with radiating ribs, and with pierced finial centering on a flat rosette, neck-guard of four upward-lapping lames, the main edges turned inwards and bordered by domed rivets, pointed fixed fall pierced for the flat nasal with leaf-shaped upper end, held by a wing screw, pierced single-plate cheek-pieces (detached), and bat-like iron wings with heart- and drop-shaped piercings riveted to the sides of the skull (surface rust overall), early 18th Century
14¼in. high

Lot Essay

Zischägges of this form, known in Poland as the 'Pappenheimer' type were introduced in the early 18th Century. See A. Nadolski, 'Ancient Polish Arms and Armour. Pt. II', J.A.A.S., p. 181, pl. L113; Z. Zygulski, Bron w Dawnej Polsce, 1975, pl. 161

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