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169 AN AMERICAN HALBERD OF NEW ENGLAND TYPE, MID18TH CENTURY with curved axe-blade pierced with a pair of rounded diamondshaped apertures and pairs of slipped circles, matching rear-fluke, central leaf-shaped blade formed with an acute point, tapering cylindrical socket and a pair of straps, on a later wooden haft 46.5cm; 18 1/4in head
170 A MILITARY SPEAR, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AMERICAN with slender leaf-shaped blade formed with a pair of curling basal lugs, tapering socket, on a wooden haft with iron shoe, perhaps the original 32.5cm; 12 3/4in head
Two related halberds are preserved in the Kretzchmar von Kienbusch Collection, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, cat. nos. 615, 618
171 A MILITARY HALBERD, SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AMERICAN of rudimentary type, with small axe-blade, leaf-shaped central blade, slender rear fluke, and tapering socket, on a later wooden haft 30.5cm; 12in head
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