A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland

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...

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Main Authors: Piotr Strzyż, Kalina Skóra
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Language:deu
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2020-12-01
Series:Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2526
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spelling doaj-art-21b2505250f24f079d7fc0ae06d034302025-08-20T03:28:32ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae0860-00072719-70692020-12-013310.23858/FAH33.2020.015A New Find of a Falchion from Central PolandPiotr Strzyż0Kalina Skóra1Institute of Archaeology, University of ŁódźInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź 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. https://journals.iaepan.pl/fah/article/view/2526falchionweaponCentral PolandMiddle Ages15th century
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