Medieval Iron Arrowhead Group
13th-15th century A.D. Comprising tanged arrowheads of various types. Cf. Michalak, A., Arma confinii, przemiany pó?no?redniowiecznej broni na rubie?ach ?l?ska, Wielkopolski, Branderburgii i ?u?yc (Arma confinii, transformations of late medieval weapons on the borders of Silesia, Wielkopolska, Brandenburg and Lusatia, in Polish), Zielona Gora, 2019, pls.92-128, for similar projectiles.59 grams total, 5-11.6 cm (2 - 4 1/2 in.). Acquired before 1972. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. The projectiles belong to the type 1 of the A. Michalak classification. In Western Europe, especially from the 13th century onwards, arrows were made in various forms including: simple cone-shaped heads, rhomboid heads, hooked heads, heads with various curved barbs, willow-shaped heads, triangular and flat-bladed heads, crescent-shaped heads and sometimes as petal-shaped and battering heads. [7]