A DECORATED HALBERD AFTER THE GERMAN STYLE OF 1558 FOR THE EMPEROR FERDINAND I, 19TH CENTURY cast in one piece, decorated on each side with the Imperial cypher, a coronet impaled by the ragged staves of Burgundy, and the date, all against a stippled ground enriched with foliage (worn), on a portion of its wooden haft (the lower half missing) 60cm; 23 5/8in head