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A RARE SZYSZAK LOBSTERTAIL HELMET

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
A RARE SZYSZAK LOBSTERTAIL 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...
An excellent example of Polish or Hungarian workmanship, the skull forged in one piece with radiating flutes and spherical finial mounted through a circular top plate. With separately-applied browband, visor with captured, adjustable nasal retained by a large set-screw with heart-shaped finial, pierced earguards and four-lame neckguard, all with rolled borders. Heavily studded overall with domed copper rivets on a russet ground.Beginning of the 17th century.Overall height 26.5 cm. Condition III