BURGONET German, ca. 1580. Iron, in part blackened,... Lot 1415

BURGONET German, ca. 1580. Iron, in part blackened, one-piece skull with tall comb. Skull and cheek pieces with original brass rosettes. H ca. 32 cm. A beautifully-designed and very well-preserved burgonet, of the type also used in the Swiss Confederacy, high-quality ironwork. Cf. Gessler: Waffensammlung Schweiz. Landesmuseum 1928, Plate 24. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.