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品名（中）	战锤
品名（英）	War Hammer
入馆年号	1929年，29.158.674
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1525 - 公元 1575
创作地区	原产国: 德国, 萨克森州（Country of Origin: Germany, Saxony）
分类	带柄武器（Shafted Weapons）
尺寸	长 22 1/2 英寸 (57.2 厘米); 长 of head 5 英寸 (12.7 厘米); 宽 6 1/8 英寸 (15.6 厘米); 重 2 磅. 8 盎司 (1134 g)
介绍（中）	细长的钢轴上有一个栏杆状的锤头和一个方形的尖嘴；绑在一边的是一个窄的皮带钩。圆柱形握把是用银丝包裹的，有一个扁平的圆盘作为回旋镖的护盾和一个球形的圆顶银鞍部。花阿拉伯花纹的蚀刻装饰物在风格上与那个时期撒克逊银柄骑兵剑（Reitschwerter）上发现的装饰物相似战锤在十五世纪和十六世纪被骑士用作辅助武器，因为钢板的防弹衣使剑刃攻击几乎毫无用处。锤头的设计目的是对钢盔进行惊人的打击，但锋利的喙（bec de corbin）能够穿透钢板之间的缝隙，甚至可能穿透其中一块较轻的装甲板在十六世纪，战锤也可以作为骑师的徽章佩戴。这把战锤的珍贵材料表明，它一定是萨克森选帝侯骑兵团（Trabantenleibgarde zu Ross）的一名军官在德累斯顿的武器。
介绍（英）	The slender steel shaft bears a baluster-shaped hammerhead, and a sharp beak, square in cross section; attached to one side is a narrow belt hook. The cylindrical grip is wrapped in silver wire, with a flat disk as rondel guard and a bulbously domed pommel of silver. The etched ornaments of floral arabesques are similar in style to those found on Saxon silver hilted cavalry swords (Reitschwerter) of the period. War hammers were used by knights as auxiliary weapons during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, after body armor of plates had made attack by sword edge almost useless. The hammerhead was designed to deliver a stunning blow on a steel helmet, but the sharp beak (bec-de-corbin) would be able to penetrate the chinks between plates and possibly even pierce one of the lighter armor plates. During the sixteenth century, war hammers could also be borne as badges of rank by leaders of mounted troops. The precious material of this war hammer indicates that it must have been the weapon of an officer of the mounted bodyguard of the Prince Electors of Saxony, the Trabantenleibgarde zu Ross, in Dresden.