Identify this polearm? With inscription!

[fernando]

As you well note Guy, countless variations and hybrids found out there are some times close from astonishing or, if one prefers, do look unreal.
I would humbly advance that some particulars in this example look made by a handyman, as opposed to a regular regular smith; that back spike, together with fixation to the blade, sure look unorthodox, so to say. On the other hand, it would be a good sign if the inscriptions run symmetrically along the place where they are engraved... if i make myself understood.
I bet you are aware of HAFTED WEAPONS IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPE by John Walman. Could your example belong in the same typology of the attached ?
... Notwithstanding the posture of your piece's main blade indeed reminds the shape of a bardiche
Please take all my words with lots of salt; no expertise here .

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[BUCC_Guy]

I hesitate to group mine in with 15th century halberds. On the other hand, very little attention is given to peasant weapons, so examples would be rare.

We do regularly see similar blade shapes show up for sale, but we can’t trust their descriptions on EBay or other websites.

I have attached a few examples from the Internet, and one from the Higgins Armory. These types are usually associated with 16th-18th century France, Italy, and Scotland.

Because there is are so many “possible” explanations from my item, I think the inscription is the only key to information, and the back spike is just a hint or clue toward age.


Photos: Red: reportedly Scottish 18th c. Black, no info. Group photo: Higgins Armory


The example from Higgins was eventually auctioned off as being 19th century in the style of the 16th century.