Parade Halberd (from the bodyguard of Ludwig Rudolf, Duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel [1671-1735])

Parade Halberd (from the bodyguard of Ludwig Rudolf, Duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel [1671-1735])

1717 · Germany, 18th century

blued, etched and gilded steel, wooden haft with orginal steel base spike, silk tassel with alternating blue and gold bands

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