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Two iron hoe heads
Agricultural Hoe
Three wooden animal trap springs
Animal Trap Springs
iron bolt
Bed Bolts
close-up of copper alloy tacks in a circular design on a wooden cover
Box or Book Cover
Iron breastplate
Breastplate
Broad Axe

Buckler Boss
Caltrops
Captain’s Staff
Iron helmet
Close Burgonet Helmet
iron cooking pot leg
Cooking Pot
Iron crossbow quarrel
Crossbow Quarrel

Dividers
two iron escutcheons
Escutcheons
Felling Axe
Fishhook
Fishhooks
Furniture Lock Hasp
Furniture Lock Hasp
Hand holding a conserved goffering iron
Goffering Iron

Halberd
Half Round File
Half Round File
conserved jack of plate in a storage box
Jack of Plate
Jaw harp
Jaw Harp
Jeweler’s Casting Flask
Jeweler’s Draw Plate

Iron key
Keys
Iron leading staff
Leading Staff
Curved iron bill hook
Military Bill
Nail Header
Nail Header
Pike
Pintle

pistol lock and stock
Roman Lock Pistol
Scuppet
Round iron shot of various sizes
Shot
Hand holding iron shot sprue
Shot Sprue
Small iron tool with tamper
Smoker’s Companion
Spade Nosing
Spade Nosing

Long thin iron tool with small spoon at one end
Spatulum Mundani
Assortment of iron hooks with right angles
Tenter Hooks
iron file
Triangular File

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