TWO HALBERDS
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TWO HALBERDS

PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY

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TWO HALBERDS
PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
EACH WITH LONG SLENDER SPIKE OF STIFF DIAMOND SECTION, AXE-BLADE WITH CRESCENTIC CUTTING-EDGE AND DOWNCURVED FLUKE EACH PIERCED WITH CIRCLES, TAPERING OPEN SOCKET SECURED BY RIVETS, IRON CLAMP, AND FOUR SIDE-STRAPS, TWO MADE SEPARATELY, ONE STRUCK WITH A MARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE FLUKE AND ON ORIGINAL WOODEN HAFT, THE OTHER ON LATER WOODEN HAFT WITH SHORTENED SIDE-STRAPS
RESPECTIVELY 35IN. (88.9CM.) AND 35½IN. (90.2CM.) HEADS (2)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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