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Sergeant's Halberd
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Sergeant's Halberd

anonymous · 1600 - 1699 · iron (metal); wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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 description
Credit lineSergeantshellebaard. 1600 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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