dagger series nr4 THE BALLOCK

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Originally Posted by Andi

Here is a ballock dagger of the 15th century possibly found in the center of Hamburg, Germany. At display at Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte (hamburgmuseum). Unfortunately there are no further details available as it is an old archaeological find without written record.

thank you for the example, precisely the same type.
nice to see the dating, 15th century
Heribert Seitz dated this type in Blankwaffen I, end of the 14th century .
I think this is probably on the early side, this type occurred between 1390 and 1460.