The spur was a genuine mark of knighthood throughout the medieval period, not merely a riding aid: the ceremony of knighting itself became known as “earning one’s spurs,” and gilt spurs specifically were reserved for knights, while squires wore plain steel. Captured spurs, taken as trophies from defeated knights, were treated as genuine symbols of victory in their own right.
This spur takes its name from Churburg Castle in South Tyrol, home to one of the world’s most important surviving collections of 15th-century Gothic armour, and is worked in brass with a genuine leather strap.
This reproduction recreates that historically referenced spur form, part of our Medieval heritage range.
