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Old 3rd May 2014, 05:56 PM   #24
Matchlock
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Default A plain Landsknecht mace with spikes, 15th-17th century

Also in my collection; of usual construction.

A mace of this type is depicted in the painting The Armageddon, dated 1467, by Hans Memling (attachments).

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