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A CONTINENTAL ALLA ROMANA- TYPE PARADE HELMET

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
A CONTINENTAL ALLA ROMANA- TYPE PARADE HELMET
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
A fine example of the armorer's art, a burgonet wrought entirely of heavily-silvered copper in Neoclassical style, with characteristic visor, comb and neck guard all lavishly embossed and engraved with mythical beasts and warriors in battle, both mounted and on foot. Bearing fleur-de-lis devices on the neck guard, probably indicating a French patron. The periphery outlined in studs. 17th century or later. Light wear to silvering, minor losses to studs and cropping to one ear opening. Height 35.5 cm. Condition II