Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Lucerne hammer
A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Buckler
- Small and round hand- shield (9 – 18 inches in diameter) with a single handle or two enarmes. Has long spikes or hooks on its front,…
- Fauld
- Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
- Novacula
- Sickle-like tool consisting of a tanged, iron head fitted into a wooden handle.
