Online Collection

The Online Collection showcases a selection of our objects for you to discover and explore. This resource will grow as the Museum's Collection is catalogued and computerised, and as new acquisitions are added.

Additional Images

Spontoon, 18th century

Although the invention of bayonets sounded the death knell of the pike, infantry officers and sergeants continued to carry a type of pike, known as a spontoon, as a symbol of authority.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1995-07-56-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1995-07-56-1