Original Indo-Persian Battle Axe Tabar Relic Head & Pike with Replaced Shaft German Flags indicating manufacture at Toyokawa Naval

indicating manufacture at Toyokawa Naval Arsenal (豊川海軍工廠

Denmark which was a hat maker founded in 1852

The metalwork has the blued areas faded to a nice polished gray patina

just small scratches and swirl marks from cleaning

It is coded along with multiple German wartime markings and has multiple waffen amts and a clear serial number 1085 on the barrel jacket and 6546 on the top cover and making this is a fine example of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

Original Indo-Persian Battle Axe Tabar Relic Head & Pike with Replaced Shaft German Flags indicating manufacture at Toyokawa NavalOriginal Item: Only One Available. The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe") is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, Armenia, India and surrounding countries and cultures. As a loanword taken through Iranian Scythian, the word tabar is also used in most Slavic languages as the word for axe. The tabarzin (saddle axe) (Persian: ; sometimes translated "saddle hatchet") is the