HELBARD Swiss, late 17th century, for officers in Berne, Vaud, Bernese Aargau. Blade-shaped tip, rhombic cross-section. Crescent-shaped openwork blade. Square parrying spike, one spike missing. Two langets and shaft bands. Original octagonal shaft. L 244 cm. A rare, exquisitely-crafted weapon in good condition. The Bernese Armory owned 235 "Officierer Halbarten" (Officer's helbards) in 1687. A weapon from the same workshop was sold by Koller-Zurich on 24 September 2020 under Lot No.1433 for CHF 4'500.-, Collection M. Sigrist. See also Wegeli: Stangenwaffen, Bernisches Historisches Museum 1939, p. 95, Nos. 1542-1543.

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