July 12-14, 2022 Collectible Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/12/2022
Full length, uncut Georgia style pike with double-edge spearpoint blade with triangular ricasso bearing simple 8-point stake mark maker’s stamp on one side. Flat, narrow oval iron crossguard, ferrule, inlet riveted sidestraps and ferrule on butt all in place, and original shaft. Wood has a postwar carving reading, “C.S.A.” and “1861,” typical of displays at G.A.R. veterans’ posts and public exhibitions of war relics. Polearms could be issued to troops for drill or until firearms could be had, though they might be useful in defending gun embrasures, etc.. Georgia Governor Brown encouraged their production, along with side knives, as within the means of local metal workers throughout the state. They are quintessentially Confederate early war weapons that display impressively. CONDITION: Excellent. Iron ferrules are a tad loose. Iron has a dark but smooth surface. Blade is smooth metal, with good edge and point. The fittings showing some old black paint. The shaft has nice, old brown finish with only minor handling and storage marks.