Item:
ON11210

Original Victorian Era Replica English Elizabethan Halberd Pole Arm

Item Description

Original Item: Victorian Era Reproduction. This impressive example came out of a CASTLE DISPLAY, it is full length or almost full length, being 8' 8" (104") in overall length. The spike alone is 15" long, the head including the Axe and support langets are a further 27" in length. The remainder is an eight sided wood haft with iron domed studs all the way from head to tail on the four main/wide sides.

For ease of transportation the haft has been sawn at an angle, with a fat wooden dowel inserted so it can be reassembled for display, each section measuring approximately 52". The iron head displays an AXE on the one side and a spiked HOOK on the other, both decorated with Christian symbol Crucifixes. These 1500-1600 Halberds are known for the extra long spike to the tops which were largely obsoleted by the English Civil War of 1640.

This is one of five varying examples we purchased in England in 2014. The two halves of the haft come from the same Halberd which can be confirmed by the wood grain pattern. These came straight off the wall having been there for possibly 300 years. Ready to Display!

A halberd (also called halbard, halbert or Swiss voulge) is a two-handed pole weapon that came to prominent use during the 14th and 15th centuries. The word halberd is most likely equivalent to the German word Hellebarde, deriving from Middle High German halm (handle) and barte (battleaxe) joint to helmbarte. Troops that used the weapon are called halberdiers.

The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft. It always has a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. It is very similar to certain forms of the voulge in design and usage. The halberd was usually 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 to 6 feet) long

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