- (battleaxe)
joined to form helmbarte.
Troops that used the
weapon were
called halberdiers. The word has also been used to
describe a
weapon of the
early Bronze...
- They were also very
vulnerable to
attack by cavalry,
while halberdiers were not.
Halberdiers also had
greater reach with
their weapons than did swordsmen...
- with
their Burgundian style,
together with two
units of
alabarderos ("
halberdiers"),
would remain in
service until the
reorganization of the
Troops of...
- The
Imperial Guard of the
Archers (Portuguese:
Guarda Imperial dos Archeiros) was the
ceremonial palace guard of the
Brazilian Monarchs from the establishing...
-
Portrait of a
Halberdier, The
Halberdier or Man with a
Halberd is a 1529-1530 or 1537 oil
painting by Pontormo,
originally painted on
panel and
later transferred...
- men by John Paul II on 5
April 1979. As of 2010 the
guard numbered 107
halberdiers divided into
three squads, with
commissioned and non-commissioned officers...
- join the Army,
finally succeeding with the (fictitious)
Royal Corps of
Halberdiers, an old but not too
fashionable regiment. He
trains as an
officer and...
-
guard protection. The
Royal Guard of the
Halberdiers was
created by King Sebastian, as a
company of foot
halberdiers, all Portuguese,
appointing as its first...
- were
arquebusiers (12.5%), and 50 were
halberdiers or two-handed
swordsmen (12.5%). Arquebusiers,
halberdiers, and
swordsmen all
received double pay compared...
- Look up
halberdier,
halberdiers, halberds, halbert, or
halberts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
halbert is a two-handed pole weapon.
Halbert may...
