
From Encyclopedia
- Dirk
- Long, usually single-edged
dagger.
- Falchion
- Single-edged
sword with a heavy and towards the tip widening
blade. Similar to a meat cleaver. Used mostly by infantry. Balanced…
- Jupon
- Short, fitted overcoat made of several thick fabric layers and a final layer which was usually from silk or velvet. Has an embroided coat of arms of…
- Ahlespiess
- A polearm common to German-speaking areas, particularly used by the
Swiss and Habsburgs: the wooden shaft is relatively short, and the
weapon is…
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