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A RARE STATE HALBERD OF THE GUARD OF WOLF DIETRICH VON REITENAU, PRINCE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG (REG. 1587-1612)

DATED 1589

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A RARE STATE HALBERD OF THE GUARD OF WOLF DIETRICH VON REITENAU, PRINCE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG (REG. 1587-1612)
Dated 1589
With broad dated spike formed with a strong medial ridge on each side, axe-blade with shallow concave leading edge, flat downcurved fluke (small break) with reinforced tip, and rectangular socket secured by six rivets (one rivet-head and two decorative brass rosette-shaped washers missing), both sides profusely etched with volutes, strapwork, putti, masks and foliation, with two fawns face to face in the centre, all on a blackened ground, each side of the blade with the arms of von Reitenau quartered with those of the archbishopric, surmounted by a cardinal's hat and cords with a triple row of tassels, four long etched straps, and original oak staff bearing an old brass armoury tag numbered 'A 599'
24¼in. (61.6cm.) head

Provenance

Salzburg Arsenal

Munich Arsenal

Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Munich

Anon. sale, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 21 November 1973, lot 14

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Cf. von Kienbusch Collection, inv. no. 584

For an account of polearms used by the guards of the archbishops of Salzburg see Dr. Otmar Baron Potier, 'Die Paradewaffen der erzbischöflichen Trabanten am Hofe von Salzburg', Zeitschrift für Historische Waffenkunde, vol.3 (1902-1905), pp. 280-285

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