Original Medieval-Style European Executioner's Beheading Axe - Type used from c.1000 to c.1750 Water Jacket Assembly The design was lethal

The design was lethal

These uniforms were fitted to the individual soldier

Prior to the manufacture of the Muster 1854 System Lorenz family of arms beginning in 1855

Overall condition is very good with some minor fraying on fly side

Original Medieval-Style European Executioner's Beheading Axe - Type used from c.1000 to c.1750 Water Jacket Assembly The design was lethalOriginal Item: Only One Available. An Axe is a tool, there are many types of axes for many different jobs. The market is awash with modern reproduction Executioner's Axes but 99% are based on pure fantasy. Many original medieval axes were purpose made for specialized purposes but today are passed off as for severing heads. In the fourteen hundreds, beheading was the traditional death sentence, whereas Nobility were dispatched using a sword, most