on another. This method of assembly is best exemplified by the Lucerne type of poleaxes. A later modification of this assembly method involved shaping the top spike like a wedge and sliding the hammer head, not from the top but from the bottom, over the langets and wedging the head over the top spike. Once the haft was inserted between the langets, which had spread, the head was caught in place and could not slide up or down. The head was still firmly secured by a pair of lugs but the overall assembly was more secure than the earlier version in which the head was wedged on only one side.The third method of assembly was very similar to that of the halberd: The axe, the top and back"infantry warhammer," indicating that poleaxes were used by infantry/dismounted forces. Foratio. and Blackburn. concluded that skull trauma evident on bones from the mass graves of Wisby and Towton are consistent with wounds caused by poleaxes.Several different treatises, including Hans Talhoffer'sof 1467 and the Codex Wallerstein, show the use of poleaxes in the context of judicial duels or tournament fights.A number of illustrations also show the use of the poleaxe in pitched battle in the 14th and 15th centuries, including depictions of the Battle of Poitiers. The illustrations of Froissart's, prepared in the late 15th century, feature a great variety of poleaxes.The Trajan Tapestry from the Cathedral Treasury in Lausanne, circa 1450, prominently displays Trajan armed with a short poleaxe dispensing military justice while being guarded by a man