Excavated Partizan Polearm For Comment

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

This excavated polearm would appear to be distinctly Spanish as you have well observed.

Thanks Jim. I've been wondering if I am posting too many excavated relics lately. I tend to photograph for several weeks. That is followed by weeks or months of research and very few postings.

I'm glad you agree that the Partizan / 'esponton' (spontoon) could well be Spanish Colonial.

Now here is another excavated relic that probably has the raised royal escutcheon you were talking about on one side. It is completely indecipherable. The reverse side shown here, has an almost indecipherable image of a rearing horse, and some indecipherable text. The text looks like FXADVL SODECVS or EXADVL SODECVS. These letters are the most questionable ?XAD?? SODECVS. It is very hard to read in person with good lighting, and it is difficult to photographic. Maybe someone will recognize it anyway.

[Jim McDougall]

Dana, before I even comment on this example, I cannot resist loudly exclaiming - there is no such thing as posting too many examples, and excavated examples are a personal favorite as well as of others here.
What is so important is that these are historic artifacts and have been static often from the moments they were in use last, to me almost virtual time machines.
A great example of this is the many medieval and renaissance artillery and ordnance artifacts Matchlock has so graciously shared here for years. Many of these are either excavated or of equivalent status from static locations.

Keep them coming!!!

[dana_w]

I have just discovered that the first polearm / Partizan posted here was excavate by my father, Jack Williams (F.E. Williams III) near Fort Mose, and probably dates from the War of Jenkins' Ear. The Siege of Fort Mose occurred on June 26 of 1740.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Mose

This screen shot is from an interview Dad gave to a local TV station in 2007.

[Matchlock]

Hi Dana and Jim,


I, too, think that this is the remains of a partisan or spontoon (German: Partisane, Sponton) of ca. 1700:

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h...ed=0CG0QrQMwFg

The one in the top att. was sold Hermann Historica, Munich, 8 November 2013.

Jim, I am having a VERY bad conscience about being so silent for so long but I will contact you soon - please do have patience on me!


Best,
Michael