German State Glaive converted to executioners use in the city of Algiers

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Originally Posted by shayde78

Thank you for sharing, and thereby preserving the interesting history of this piece. If we could bring our collections together and let the items "talk" to one another, what fascinating stories we would hear.

Thank you, Shayde. That’s a wonderful thought. I suspect if these artifacts could speak, they would tell stories far more extraordinary than we could imagine. I feel fortunate that this glaive has preserved enough of its history to allow us to reconstruct at least part of its remarkable journey through time.