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Description: | Cast copper alloy roundel dagger pommel diameter 40mm, thickness 17mm. The pommel is circular in plan and oval in cross section. It has been cast in a starburst pattern of sixteen rounded lines radiating out form the centre. In the centre is a circular recess with a square aperture in the middle, this is where the tang would have passed through.This artefact is a roundel dagger pommel, the name of the dagger derives from the round pommel and often hand-guard. This is a weapon of war, and is depicted as a sidearm for solders and knights alike from a number of 15th century illustrations. Furthermore an example of 15th century dagger combat is illustrated in Hans Talhoffer's instruction manual (Rector, 2004) in which roundel daggers are the weapons of choise. There are a number of illistrations of the period were merchents are depicted with roundel daggers worn at the belt, these are most likley worn as side arms for defence and would not have been usd as a domistic tool.Typically the blades are triangular with a strong wide back and only one cutting edge, but blades with diamond and square blades are not uncommon. These blades taper to a fine point, which would make them perfect to punch through mail or cloth armour, or be used to pass thought that gaps in plate armour or visors.This type of dagger was in use from the 14th to mid 16th century, this example probably dates to the 15th century.Mark Rector (edds) 2004 Hans Talhoffer, Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-quarter Combat Greenhill Military Paperback.
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