7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD
**A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY PROBABLY GERMAN
of military type, with tapering leaf-shaped blade formed with a medial ridge, small C-shaped axe blade formed with a pair of rear lugs, rear spike en suite, tapering socket, on a wooden haft
41 cm; 16 1/8 in head
Provenance
Liberty & Co., London, 2 March 1928
JWHA Inv. No. 512
Sold for £620
**A NORTH EUROPEAN HALBERD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY PROBABLY GERMAN
of military type, with tapering leaf-shaped blade formed with a medial ridge, small C-shaped axe blade formed with a pair of rear lugs, rear spike en suite, tapering socket, on a wooden haft
41 cm; 16 1/8 in head
Provenance
Liberty & Co., London, 2 March 1928
JWHA Inv. No. 512
