Published: 2020-12-17

A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland

Piotr Strzyż , Kalina Skóra
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae
Section: Materials and Discoveries
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH33.2020.015

Abstract

This paper discusses a find of a falchion from the neighbourhood of Gieczno in the Łódzkie Voivodeship. This artefact comes from a sequestration of the collection of an illegal treasure hunter. This 15th century falchion with a conventional blade form stands out with its hilt which is provided with a cap-like pommel, and first of all with a scales rivet which is shaped as an ornamental rosette.

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falchion, weapon, Central Poland, Middle Ages, 15th century

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Strzyż, P., & Skóra, K. (2020). A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland. Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 33, 211–215. https://doi.org/10.23858/FAH33.2020.015

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