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The Lucerne hammer (/luˈsɜːrn/ loo-SURN) is a type of polearm which was popular in Swiss armies during the 15th to 17th centuries. It was a combination of the bec de corbin and a pronged war hammer.

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Lucerne hammer

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The Lucerne hammer (/luˈsɜːrn/ loo-SURN) is a type of polearm which was popular in Swiss armies during the 15th to 17th centuries. It was a combination...

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Bec de corbin

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polearm and war hammer that was popular in late medieval Europe. The name is Old French for "raven's beak". Similar to the Lucerne hammer, it consists of...

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War hammer

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Poleaxe

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rivets. Generally, the head bore an axe head or hammer head upon the damaging 'face', with a spike, hammer, or fluke on the reverse. In addition, there was...

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Goedendag

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sometimes confused with the halberd, morning star, or Lucerne hammer, a halberd with a hammer instead of an axe blade. In contrast with the goedendag...

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Polearm

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variety of different polearms other than halberds and pikes, such as the Lucerne hammer. By the 15th century, the carrying of side arms (baselard, dagger, and...

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Lucerne

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Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name. With a population of approximately 82,000 people, Lucerne is...

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Infantry in the Middle Ages

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initially started with mid-length polearms such as the halberds and the lucerne hammer, but eventually adopted the pike to fight more effectively in open terrain...

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Cameron Winklevoss

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of 2004, Winklevoss and the God Squad traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland, to compete in the Lucerne Rowing World Cup. They defeated the 2004 British and...

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Moos family

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Lucerne, Switzerland since the 14th century. The most prominent branch where steel industrialists and owners of the Von Moos Steel Works in Lucerne....

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Hans Erni

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graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art...

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Mat Hennek

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beyond…" | Photo Installation: Mat Hennek / Piano: Hélène Grimaud | KKL Lucerne | Lucerne, Switzerland | 21 October 2017 Pictorial Recital: "WOODLANDS and beyond…"...

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List of paintings by Claude Monet

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Lucerne and Poppies...

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Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern

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Leichtathletik Luzern (English: Top Athletics Lucerne) is an annual track and field meet that takes place in Lucerne, Switzerland. First held in 1987, the meeting...

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Peter Bichsel

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literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Bichsel was born in 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after he was born, the...

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