morgenstiern

Updated: June 6, 2025

'Your weapon on such occasions was, I suppose, the sword? my father asked, shifting uneasily in his seat, as he would do when his old instincts were waking up. 'Broadsword, rapier, Toledo, spontoon, battle-axe, pike or half-pike, morgenstiern, and halbert.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke: His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph,: Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734