Lot 1432 - A194 Arms & Armour Col. Sigrist - Thursday, 24. September 2020, 05.00 PM
HELBARD
Swiss, last third of the 17th century. So-called "Sempacher helbard", Bernese-Neuchâtel version.
Blade-shaped tip, diamond section, square reinforcement towards the tip. Blade with convex edge, beak-shaped hook. Square parrying spike, one spike missing. Two long langets. Octagonal shaft.
L 206 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection M. Sigrist, Lucerne.
Rare type of Sempacher helbard.
Literature:
- Wegeli, Stangenwaffen, Hist. Museum Bern, 1939, pp. 61/62, Nos.1420-1430, Plate IX. Helbard dated back to the 15th/16th century.
- Jürg A.Meier, Halbarte oder Bajonett, zur Vorgeschichte des bernischen Sieges in der 2. Schlacht bei Villmergen, in: Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 2005 Book 1, pp. 43-47.
CHF 1 400 / 2 200 | (€ 1 440 / 2 270)
Sold for CHF 2 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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