Landsknecht Weapons, ca. 1440, in a Painting by Hans Hirtz
 

Multiple shapes of the High Gothic period - enjoy.

Please note the characteristic Gothic trefoil piercings in some of the blades!

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An Early-16th C. Halberd in Period Artwork
 

A close-up detail of a Landsknecht from the Herscheider Altar on Burg Altena.

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Probably the finest Landsknecht period halberd in existence, Nuremberg (?), ca. 1530-40.
Musée de l'Armée Paris, inv.no. K. Po. 432.

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A characteristic Swiss or Alamannic halberd, from a codex in the Stiftsarchiv St. Gallen, Cod. Fab. XVI, ca. 1440, fol. 41v.

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That this halberd is in a Museum, and dated 1540, not necessarily means that it is dated corect. There are too many cut outs in the blade, the outer contour is overdecorated, the spike is unusually flat and not of square section. I believe it is a 19th century phantasy halberd.

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A Styrian halberd, ca. 1580, the haft probably replaced and not really worth collecting.

There are hundreds of samples of this type preserved in the Graz Landeszeughaus (armory).


Best,
Michael

No marks, Michl ?
... on the other side, maybe ? :o

That's exatcly what I was wondering about first too, 'Nando,


But as this halberd is from an experienced dealer's site (Faganarms), I think we can rely upon his metinoning any other case. And look at that price! I mean, prices are discussionable to a certain extent, but those ...?

I realize that in your collection there is preseserved a very similar North Italian/South Styrian halberd struck with a makers mark, as one can expect for such a late piece, and the original haft retaining most of its original purple velvet covering. ;) :D :cool: :rolleyes: :eek:

You posted it earlier here in this thread.



Thank you so much, and best,
Your friend always,
Michl

Yes indeed Michl ... for what counts on my example, still in my humble collection.
Concerning dealers sites, you know better than me that, fo the sake of selling their items, they often touch the borders of fantasy, so to speak ;)

The Bodyguard (Trabantenleibgarde, Chursächsische Guardie) of the Elector of Saxony parading with their etched halberds in Dresden in 1614.

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