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A CONTINENTAL LOBSTERTAIL HELMET

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,800.00 USD
A CONTINENTAL LOBSTERTAIL HELMET
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
Likely German workmanship, the skull forged with radiating flutes and a ring finial mounted through a circular top plate. With separately-applied peak bearing armorer?s marks to the underside with captured, adjustable nasal retained by a large set-screw, large pierced earguards with eye-notches and four-lame neckguard, all with rolled borders. Retains its black painted finish overall. Early 17th century.Overall height 34.5 cm.
Condition II