Iron, 115 grams, 19.5 cm. A hand-forged iron spearhead with leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The socket is long and close-fitting, pierced near the base and with balustering at the neck. The blade is pierced in two places close to the shoulders, for the attachment of a banner or standard to be used for signalling on the battlefield. Reference: cf. an Anglo-Saxon spearhead with two similar pierced holes from Welbeck Hill, Lincolnshire in Swanton, M. The Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973 fig.82(d). Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection, believed recovered from the 'Swedish Fields' alleged battleground in Poland in the mid-20th century AD.