6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
246
‡ A GERMAN HALBERD, MID-16TH CENTURY AND A SWISS HALBERD OF SO-CALLED SEMPACH TYPE, PROBABLY ZURICH, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
the first, with knife-like terminal blade, forward-leaning axe-head formed with a notch behind at the top and bottom, rear spike formed en suite and struck with a mark, a pair of straps (areas of pitting), on a later wooden haft (in two pieces), with brass inventory tag ‘H. 77’; the second with reinforced terminal spike long slightly curved axe-blade pierced with a cruciform aperture at the base, (top corner slightly chipped), triangular rear fluke struck with a mark on one side, a pair of addorsed fleur-de-lys, and a pair of long straps, on its wooden haft, branded with a mark beneath one of the straps, the first: 110.0 cm head
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Sold for £500
the first, with knife-like terminal blade, forward-leaning axe-head formed with a notch behind at the top and bottom, rear spike formed en suite and struck with a mark, a pair of straps (areas of pitting), on a later wooden haft (in two pieces), with brass inventory tag ‘H. 77’; the second with reinforced terminal spike long slightly curved axe-blade pierced with a cruciform aperture at the base, (top corner slightly chipped), triangular rear fluke struck with a mark on one side, a pair of addorsed fleur-de-lys, and a pair of long straps, on its wooden haft, branded with a mark beneath one of the straps, the first: 110.0 cm head
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
