Record ID: NARC-598D14
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Birmingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron double headed axehead, also known as a labrys. The axe is heavilly corroded, yet is in good enough condition to suggest it is not of any great antiquity. Dr Kevin Leahy has advised that this axehead is unlike any weapon ever to have been used in Britain. However, the double headed axe was used as a symbol of justice since the Roman period, and this may therefore be a neoclassical, 19th century symbol of justice. The labrys also became a symbol which was adopted by the Greek fascist movement in the 1930s and 1940s, though it seems unlikely that this example is associated with th…
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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