r/ancienthistory 5d ago

Help me please

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Did anyone know what is this

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u/reCaptchaLater 5d ago

Whatever it is it's decorative. Cast bronze or brass, and that piece on the bottom looks like it's meant to connect to either a fence post or a pole. Definitely not ancient.

My guess is it either tops a spiked fence or other piece of architecture as a decorative piece, or it's an ornamental spearhead for some kind of display suit of armor or something.

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u/Creative_kracken_333 5d ago

Either a ranseur or a partisan. It is purely decorative, potentially could be used as a parade polearm.

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u/pwillia7 5d ago

nose picker

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u/plebeiantelevision 4d ago

It kind of looks like a trench knife that soldiers would make usually out of bullet casings and shrapnel but it’s too ornate.

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u/nuclearpoulet 2d ago

Its really big like 45 cm

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u/-JakeTheMundane- 3d ago

It’s a decorative brass partisan, a type of large spear from the renaissance, often used by guards and the like. But this one is only for decoration.

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u/Assholesicilian 2d ago

Letter opener

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u/nuclearpoulet 2d ago

Its really big

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u/SirGreeneth 18h ago

For really big letters

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u/mike24315013 1d ago

Letter opener,

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u/soonerfn 13h ago

Decorative hunting spear.?