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Sergeant's Halberd
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Short blade with a strongly tapering form; two perforations at the bottom. Tapering twisted socket with two ring-shaped profiles above and below. The socket has a transverse slit through which the axe and hook are inserted. Both the axe and the hook are pierced. A primitive standing lion is cut out in the axe, a decorative diamond-shaped motif in the hook. Two riveted feathers. Round shaft with shoe.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSergeantshellebaard. 1600 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.