CRUSADES CROSS BOW BOLT 12TH CENTURY

Forged iron, 2 ¾” (2.70”) length with diamond section leaf shaped point on conical socket (bottom chipped). Made for the lighter early ross bows and capable of penetrating the mail and leather armor of the period. Richard the Lionheart made heavy use of crossbowmen. Accounts describe him deploying skilled crossbow units (sometimes with loaders to increase rate of fire) and even personally using a crossbow while ill during the siege of Acre. Rare.