**AN ITALIAN HALBERD, LATE 16TH CENTURY with central spike of diamond section, forward-leaning curved axe blade with reinforced upper tip, a pair of sharp spikes, rear spike pierced with four circular holes and with reinforced tip, and a pair of long straps, on a wooden haft 44 cm; 17 3/8 in head Provenance March Brown, Surrey, 14 April 1930 JWHA Inv. No. 1274