A German battle axe, 1st half of the 16th century. Curved edge, the back serrated, with point perforations. Deeply struck smith mark on the left. Sturdy rectangular socket with short quadrangular spike, the top of the socket with cover sheet. Heavy, minimally worm-eaten shaft with somewhat pitted iron languets. Length 125 cm. Similar axes are housed in the collection of the Munich Zeughaus. Cf. also an almost identical weapon at Fischer, Lucerne, auction 229, 1974, lot 12. Cf. Hermann Historica, 46th auction, 2004, lot 1547. historic, historical,, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

---

Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

---

Size: 1106px × 5520px
Location:
Photo credit: © INTERFOTO / History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 16th, arms, axe, battle, century, clipping, curved, cut, cut-, cut-outs, device, equipment, fighting, german, metal, metals, militaria, military, object, objects, piece, stills, tool, tools, utensil, utensils, weapon, weapons, zubeh