Medieval Iron Anti-Cavalry Caltrop Group
13th-15th century A.D. Comprising eight anti-cavalry caltrops, hand-forged with square-section spikes. Cf. Žákovský, P., ‘Caltrop. Contribution to the knowledge of one neglected weapon’ in Studia Minora Facultatis Philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, M 12-13, 2007-2008, pp.115-132, fig.9, no.6 (type III of Žákovský classification). 298 grams total, 77-95 mm (3 - 3 3/4 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

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