TWO PARTIZANS
17TH CENTURY
The first with short blade with prominent medial ridge on each side, shaped axe-blade and downturned rear-fluke etched on each face with a panel of foliage, tapering cylindrical socket, and two side-straps, one marked ‘O.V.K. No. 10’, on textile-covered haft heightened with brass studs, the second with short tapering blade of flattened diamond section, small pierced axe-blade and rear-fluke, on later wooden haft
86.1/4 in. (219 cm.) and 81.1/2 in. (207 cm.) high overall
TWO PARTIZANS
17TH CENTURY
The first with short blade with prominent medial ridge on each side, shaped axe-blade and downturned rear-fluke etched on each face with a panel of foliage, tapering cylindrical socket, and two side-straps, one marked ‘O.V.K. No. 10’, on textile-covered haft heightened with brass studs, the second with short tapering blade of flattened diamond section, small pierced axe-blade and rear-fluke, on later wooden haft
86.1/4 in. (219 cm.) and 81.1/2 in. (207 cm.) high overall