



Lot 1002
A GERMAN HORSEMAN'S HAMMER OR STREITHÄMMER,c. 1600.
1 – 10 April 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$4,700 inc. premium
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Christopher Fox
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A GERMAN HORSEMAN'S HAMMER OR STREITHÄMMER,
c. 1600.
c. 1600.
The head with round striking surface and long curved spike on a tapering iron haft with twisted wire grip.
Overall lg. 21 3/8 in.
Overall lg. 21 3/8 in.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's Arms & Armour auction, July 10, 2002, Lot 196.
Note
German horseman hammers of this type are generally associated with the former Saxon armories in Dresden and a number of nearly identical examples have been sold from that collection. These hammers were carried by armored cavalry for close-quarter combat.