1102) RARE MAXIMILIAN HALBERD CIRCA 1500–1525: This halberd is from the time of the battles of Marignano 1515 to Pavia 1525. In the armory inventory of Emperor Maximilian I (1502-1515), the vast majority of information provided was about the artillery, however there are also illustrations of halberd types that mirror this example. Some scholars refer to this type of halberd as a Maximilian halberd.
Description: Solid quadrilateral (four sided) tip, tapering to flat at the base with ferrule, trapezoidal (only two sides parallel) blade with an oblique (inclined) straight cutting edge, beak hook with cut neck. Two long long straps, old working life octagonal shaft. Length 220 cm.
Provenance: Bern Arsenal.
Publication: The Collector’s Course On Medieval Arms and Armor: Andrew Garcia, page 345 #11.
Comparable: See, Egg Pfaundle: Maximilian und Tirol, 1969, pp. 90/91.
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