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Hellebaard. Duut met aan de basis twee ronde inkepingen. Bijl en haak met dicht blad en gedeeltelijk gekartelde rand. Gladde schacht. Twee veren (44 cm). Aan het uiteinde van de ronde stok een gladde punt (12 cm) met twee ringornamenten. Toestand goed.
The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft. It can have a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. The halberd was usually 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) long. The word halberd is cognate with the German word Hellebarde, deriving from Middle High German halm (handle) and barte (battleaxe) joined to form helmbarte. Troops that used the weapon were called halberdiers. The word has also been used to describe a weapon of the Early Bronze Age in Western Europe. This consisted of a blade mounted on a pole at a right angle.
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