LOT OF TWO LONG SPEARS - LONG SPEAR, Swiss, 1st... Lot 1436

LOT OF TWO LONG SPEARS - LONG SPEAR, Swiss, 1st half of the 17th century. Square tip, the base with a nodus, short conical round socket (Schneider type 9 without nodus), one langet, the second langet mostly missing. Round shaft of 4.61 m length. - LONG SPEAR, Swiss, late 16th century to early 17th century. Elongated lancet-shaped tip with a rhombic cross-section, short conical round socket with diagonally-applied engraved ornamental lines set on both sides (Schneider type 6/7), two langets, round shaft of 4.60 m length. Rare long spears in original length. Cf. Hugo Schneider:, Der Langspiess, in Schriften des Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums Wien, 1976, Vol. 7, p. 11.