TWO SERGEANT~S HALBERDS Lot n° 278

TWO SERGEANT~S HALBERDS, 18TH CENTURY, the first with terminal blade of flattened-diamond section, moulded socket enclosing the flat axe-head and rear spike, and a pair of short straps, on its wooden haft with iron shoe; the second with shaped terminal spike of flattened-diamond section, moulded socket enclosing the flat axe-head and rear spike, and a pair of short straps, on its wooden haft with iron shoe (the iron parts with areas of pitting, hafts with scattered worm damage), the first: 231.0 cm (2)¦¦A similar halberd to the second, attributed to the Buckinghamshire Militia, is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no VII.1181).