Steel Late 15th Century-style German-type Jousting Helm

Description:

Steel Late 15th Century-style German-type Jousting Helm, constructed of three riveted steel pieces, high face guard, and holes for leather straps, ht. 16 in.

Note: This helm bears a close resemblance to (and is likely a copy of) a period example illustrated in A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor, by George Cameron Stone, Portland, Maine, 1934, pp. 34-35, fig. 46.

Provenance: Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Estimate $200-300

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